BRITISH POLITICS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143839, 13 July 1912, Page 3

BRITISH POLITICS.

AN ANTI-GAMBLING BILL. TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS. ——mm * By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. LONDON, July 12. In the House of Lords the Biship of Hereford’s Anti-Gambling Bill was withdrawn, the Primate having disowned the measure. . ... Lord Lansdowne severely criticised yarioUs clauses. He stated that the Government was unable to support the Bill. , r T In the House of Commons,* Mr. J. Grant (Unionist member for Cumberland) moved the adjournment to call attention to the Government’s inability to provide sanatorium benefits under the Insurance Bill. Mr. Masteman replied that the existing institutions for the treatment of tuberculosis were at tho disposal of insurance companies for domiciliary treatment, and they could commence forthwith. The Daily News States that the Admiralty is asking for an increase, probably of four millions, on next year s estimates. THE INSURANCE ACT. (Received July 13, 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, _ July .12. Already ten and a half million insurance cards have been issued, representing 70 per cent, of those insurable. The executive committee of the National Medical Union, at a meeting at Manchester, unanimously passed a. resolution that further negotiations with the Government were useless and should cease forthwith. Mr.,: Justice Joyce decided that the employment of Nonconformist ministers Or probationers by the conference or circuits did not constitute’ employment within the meaning of the Act. , THE FRANCHISE BILL. (Received July 13, 12.30 p.m-) LONDON, July 12. The Franchise Bill passed the second reading by a majority of 72.