POWER OF THE PEERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14359, 2 May 1910, Page 5

POWER OF THE PEERS.

LIMITING THE' VETO. ■ = THE GOVERNMENT'S BILL. By Tejegraph.—Press Association.— (Received May 1, 5 p.m.) -London, April 30. The Parliament (Veto) Bill was issued to-day. - The preamble foreshadows an ultimate second chamber on a popular basis. , : ' ' .",:•. . The Bill provides that within a month of a money bill being sent up to the House of Lords their consent may be dispensed wirJh on the King's assent; .the Speaker's certificate, ' declaring it a money bill, to accompany its presentation to the King. Bills other than those relating to finance are similarly to become law if rejected a third time by the House of Lords, after passing the House of Commons •in three successive sessions, but not necessarily in the same Parliament. . The maximum duration of Parliament is to be five years. SCOTTISH BY-ELECTION. LIBERAL SUCCEEDS N LIBERAL. (Received May 1, 6 p.m.) London, April 30. The by-election for Edinburgh South, necessitated by the appointment of Mr. Arthur Dewar, MP. (late Solicitor-General for Scotland), as a Lord of Session, "has resulted in I the return of Mr. Lyell, a Liberal, with.a majority of 2327. '►"; ' ... ! The new member's majority is practi- | cally the same .13 that secured at the late general -election by Mr. Dewar, viz., 2334. r•" . .