POLITICS IN BRITAIN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20820, 12 March 1931, Page 11

POLITICS IN BRITAIN.

SIR OSWALD MOSLEY.

DEFECTION FROM LABOUR. EXPELLED BY EXECUTIVE. By Telegraph—Pres9 Association—Copyright. (Received March 11. 10.15 p.m.) LONDON. March 11. The executive of the Labour Party has informed its committee at Smethwick that Sir Oswald Mosley, M.P. for that constituency, has been unanimously expelled for his "gross disloyalty" in forming a new party, adhesion to which is incompatible with membership of the Labour Party.

The Daily Herald justifies the expulsion of Sir Oswald. It says that he and. his supporters not merely differed from the party, but declared war on it.

STEAIN OP DUTY.

SIR W. JOWITT TO REST. TWO MINISTERS ILL. (Received March 11, 6.35 p.m.) British Wireless. RUGBY. March 10. The Attorney-General, Sir William Jowitt, left London to-day to take a complete rest at a seaside resort near Lisbon. He has been working at high pressure for the last 12 months.

Mr? F. 0. Roberts, Minister of Pensions, is suffering from influenza. Mr. Philip Snowden, Chancellor of the Exchequer, is still laid aside suffering from cystitis.

INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL.

BILL BEFORE COMMONS.

CONCILIATION MACHINERY.

LONDON, March 10,

In the House of Commons Mr. G. le M. Mander, Liberal member for Wolverhampton East, introduced tho National Industrial Council Bill designed to provide new machinery for conciliation and co-operation in industry. National industrial councils have been already established in Belgium, Canada, Czecho slovakia, France, Germany, Holland, Italy Spain and the "United States. Tho bill seeks to establish an Industrial Parliament to consist of 300 members, 40 to represent the House of Commons, 20 the House of Lords, 100 each to represent the employers and trades unions and 40 to form an official council.

This body would be the normal channel between organised industry and the Ministry of Labour and would deal with all industrial bills and threala of strikes or lockouts. - The measure was read a first time.