POLITICS AT HOME.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13993, 26 August 1909, Page 2

POLITICS AT HOME.

IRISH LAND BILL. By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. LONDON,, August lIS. In the House of CommoM, the debate on the Irish Land Bill was continued. The most important clauses, including those empowering the Estate Commissioners to compulsorily acquire estates or un tenanted land, were carried under the guillotine without discussion. DAYLIGHT SAVING. *:.; (Received August 26,. 8.6 a.m.) k , LONDON, August 3&V A select committee of the House of Commons reports that while the voluntary adoption of earlier business hours, where feasible, would greatly be to the advantage of the community, the provisions of the Daylight Saving ijill would create confusion especially as regards agriculture and railways* , , IRELAND AND REVENUE; > .-". (Received August 26, 8.5 a.m.) „ . LONDON, August 25. Speaking in the House of Common*, Mr. J. BL Whiiley, in reply to the Marquew of Hamilton, Conservative mainber for Londonderry, estimated 'Upland's conitributibn to the revenue' of ~ the United Kingdom for the current year as insufficient to meet the cost of purely Irish services by upwards of £1,000,000