BRITISH POLITICS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10513, 25 November 1912, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. London, November 33. The Hon. Samuel’s amendment refuses powerlto vary except by way of increasing the Imperial taxes. A Select Committee has been appointed to report on the Hon. Samuel’s case. _ The by-election at Bolton to fill the vacancy caused by Mr Hardwood’s death resulted; —Taylor, Liberal, 10,011; Brooks, Unionist, 8835. Received November 25, 9 a.m. London, November 34. Mr Bonar Law refused to serve on Mr Samuel’s Committee. The Opposition urged that the courts were a proper tribunal. Mr Balcarre’s contended that the law required revision. It was possible for a member of the House of Commons to supply Government while holding the bulk of the shares in a company, though a small partnership interest barred him from contracting.