HOME RULE BILL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3442, 2 March 1920, Page 21

HOME RULE BILL.

LONDON, February 26. In the House of Commons the Home Rule Bill, which is officially described as a "Bill for the better government of Ireland," was formally presented this afternoon, and read a first time. The text will be published to-morrow or Friday. This is awaited with some impatience, as certain points are still obscure, especially the geographical extent of the territory it is proposed to place under the Ulster Parliament. It is understood that the Cabinet arrived at a final conclusion on this point only last night. The Daily Chronicle states that the Home Rule Bill abandons county option and substitutes a clear-cut six Ulster counties. The Times lobbyist states that the Government has dropped ...the proposed Boundary Commission for a northern Legislature in the Irish Home Rule Bill, substituting a clean-cut Ulster. The Daily Chronicle says that the Home Rule Bill abandons county option and substitutes a clean cut for six Ulster counties. The Labour Party is tabling an amendment in favour of the non-partition of Ireland. The Labour delegation's report favours a full measure of dominion selfgovernment, with provisional protection of the minorities, or a constituent Assembly elected on a system of proportional representation, to decide the form of selfgovernment, the question of defence and foreign relations to be reserved for the Im prial Parliament