IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144146, 16 July 1913, Page 3

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

PLURAL VOTING BILL. BT EHECTBIO TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, July 15. The House of Commons read the Plural Voting Bill a third time. A BY-ELECTION. (Received July 16, 8.50 a.m.) LONDON, July 15. Sir Alexander Henderson has been elected unopposed for St. George’s, Hanover Square, to fill the vacancycaused by the death of the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton. PROPOSED LEGISLATION., (Received July 16, 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, July 15. Mr. Asquith, replying to Mr. John in the House of Commons, said that next session the Government would submit proposals for the reform of the House of Lords. Mr. Pease’s Education Bill contains only one clause. The measure enables the Government to afford limited but immediate relief to education authorities, and will give the Government an opportunity to explain its policy for the development of a national system of education. THE TRANSVAAL RIOTS. (Received July 16, 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, July IS. The Labour Party’s executive passed a resolution that it is essential that the Government grant time to discuss Lord Gladstone’s use of troops in Johanneshurfi.