IMPERIAL POLITICS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15708, 10 March 1913, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS

TRADES' UNION BILL. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 7. The House of Lords, on Lord Crewe's motion, agreed to the House of Commons' amendment of the Trades Union Bill regarding the establishment of political newspapers. REFORM OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS. LONDON, March 9. (Received March 10, at 0.55 a.m.) The Daily Telegraph states that the Cabinet has drafted a scheme for the reform of the House of Lords, but it will not be introduced during the coming session. PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. LONDON, March 8. (Received March 9, at 5.5 p.m.) Parliament has been prorogued. WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE <s,<A SUBSTANTIAL PENALTY. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 8. The suffragette Locke was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, to pay all costs, and to find two sureties of £100 to be cf good behaviour for two years.

MORE OUTRAGES. PROTEST AGAINST GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE. ■ ■ LONDON, March 8. (Received March 9, at 5.5 p.m.) The suffragettes have committed further pillar-box outrages at Battersea andKew, and have cut a- large number of telegraph and telephone wires elsewhere. The Duchess of Bedford, while opposed to the militant suffragettes, refuses to pay taxes on the Prince's Skating Rink, as a protest against tho manner in which the Government has treated the suffragette movement. PRIVATE BILL NEXT SESSION. LONDON, March 8. (Received March 9, at 5.5 p.m.) A private Bill will be introduced next session embodying the principle of Mr Dickenson's amendment in favour of woraen'6 suffrage. "