THE LICENSING BILL

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6679, 30 November 1908, Page 5

THE LICENSING BILL

REJECTED BY THE LORDS MAJORITY OF ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIN. ALL UNIONISTS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received November 2D, 4.18 p.m.) LONDON, November 28. The division on the motion for tho second reading of the Licensing Dili waa taken in the House of Lords today. The Bill was rejected, the voting being:— Against the motion 272 For ... ... ... ... 96 Bill defeated by ... 170 The majority was comprised exclusively of Unionists. The minority included two Archbishops, eleven Bishops, Lord Balfour of Burleigh, tho Earl of Carlisle, land Delamere, Viscount Esher, Visoount Falmouth, the Earl of Lycton, Viscount Cobha-m, Viscount Milner, and nine other Unionists. Lord Loreburn (Lord High Chancellor), in admitting that the Government’s Bill was dead, declared it was a victory for the trade over tho community, of wrong over right. Nevertheless, tho time would oome when the State will resume the power to review licenses, unfettered by any vested interest. Tho Primate (tho Archbishop of Canterbury) and the Earl of Halsbury, exLora Chancellor, in the House of Lords, supported the suggestion made by Lord St. Aldwyn yesterday with reference to tho Licensing Bill—that the Government or tho Bishop of London (Dr Ingram) should introduce a new Bill (which ho felt confident would pass) embodying thirty clauses for promoting temperance. Lord Rosebery asked both parties to co-operate in carrying the suggestion into effect. Dr Ingram states that the Archbishop of Canterbury is willing, if the Government will permit him, to introduce a new Licensing Bill embodying tho temperance proposals contained in the lost Bill.