GOVERNMENT MAJORITY, 92.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 144360, 26 March 1914, Page 3

GOVERNMENT MAJORITY, 92.

(Repaired March 26, 1.40 p.m.) LONDON, March 25k The Consolidated Fund Bill was read in tho House of Commons a second time, by 314 votes to 222. VICTORIAN SQUATTER’S OFFER, (Received March 26, 10.20 a.rn.) MELBOURNE, March 26. Mr. Horsfall, a prominent pastoralist, has cabled to Sir E. Carson that, as Mr. Asquith refuses a referendum, ho will give £20,000 to help tho Ulstermen if they are driven to fight, AN UNFOUNDED RUMOUR, PER PRESS' ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, March 25. Reports that Imperial Army officers in New Zealand are handing in their resignations is not taken seriously Imre, and there is no official confirmation of the statement. It is pointed out that if tho officers were ordered Home they would have plenty of opportunity of taking any action they thought necessary before they became involved in Ulster complications.