IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12913, 2 March 1906, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

THE TRUCK ACT.

-STATESMEN INDISPOSED.

XTnited Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright-. LONDON, February 23. •The JE<mee of Commons agreed to Sir C. Dilke's motion that it- was necessary to amend ,the Truck.Act and put an end to ;fines and deductions from wages unless specially .legalised. Sir H. Canipbell-Bannennan is suffering from a slight attack of bronchitis, and is 'unlikely .to attend the House of Commons this week. -Mr Balfour is sufferinig from a severe chill. Mr Chamberlain is also indisposed. Mr James Murray has replaced' Mr Anjiand for Aberdeen. East. He was elected -unopposed. The House of Commons voted the sum of £8567 in payment of Somoan arbitration claims under the award of King Oscar of "Sweden.

FISCAL DEBATE POSTPONED.

Received 8.55 p.m.. March Ist. LONDON. March 1. Mr Austen Chamberlain asked for the postponement of the fiscal- debate, owing to the absence of the Opposition leaders. Mr Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in agreeing to this, remarked that the debate otherwise would be like "Hamlet" ■with neither the "Prince of Denmark'' nor the "Ghost." He would not presume to allocate the two pans. il.auuhter.)