ENGLISH POLITICS.
AN EARLY ADJOURNMENT. THE LIBERALS EMBARRASSED. ( ■ V (Press Assn. — By Telegraph. — Copyrigh* 1 LONDON, Jan. 22. The Premier hopes to conclude the Welsh Disestablishment and Franchise Bills on February 12, and thereafter to , consider the Trade Union and Railways Bills, and adjourn about the 19th till March' 3oth. Mr Bonar LaAV protested at the pro- • posal to discuss the Trade Union and Railways Bills after 10.30. The Premier replied that it Avas necessary if the House Avas to have a . holiday. ■ ■ \ Twelve clauses of the Disestablishment Bill Avere guillotined yesterday. (Received January 23, 11 a.m.) LONDON, January 22. Many Liberals , fear that vvomen's franchise will create a permanent split in the party.. In any ease the amendment endangers the passage of the Bill, forcing the Liberals to fight tho n-2xt election without abolition of the plurality vote. The position is somewhat chaotic. If Mr Dickinson's amendment is defeated many Liberals and Laborites Avill oppose Mr Lyttelton's as .tending to endow Unionists Avith a new form of . plurality. . _
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 12963, 23 January 1913, Page 5
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