IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 13013, 28 June 1906, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

United Press Association—Per Electric/ Teleeraph—Copyright. MR CHAMBERLAIN ON "SOCIAL |. . REFORMS " ■ LONDON, June 26. Mr Chamberlain j* at the inaugural ban quet of the Nineteen Hundred Club,* formec to.-fccmmenibrate "the last Parliament, an! further. Unionist 'urged the nee* •. of a united and definite policy, of .social re form. Preference, w,as:riojtrthe' least im portant part of ccosjtructdve work. ; Mr Churchill's recent letter, which lap proved of the colonies devising treaties, o inter-colonial, commerce asks,- why'shbuh ' the .Slbthefland-be omitted:'- He predict 'that when the colonies hajie accomplish* this work", and have led 'where' we ough \ to have led, the Motherland will npfc,,alsto !. it to pest there; nor will she allow us t< be-^xiles:-from.our; Empire.;:..-We must- fol low : where. mj;the -way*' 1 TH£ EDUCATION BHJI* ': I v. 1 LONDON, June 27.' 1 A conference of almos 1 unanimously .ur#ed; ; 'othe .withdrawal o Clause-'4.of Bin. -The Rev : Hirst-HaUoweV said tfiat the - Governmeh ' should reconsider the auestSbtf,.-. aritf produc '-. a better Bill. .. -\j;X :^r^^: £~y'--^'-;'-I >. ';& ■"' pr^^ing" : in?r^t#o^se f; 'o '■ t. 'M " C&HI raid tha£ HiTKrreu^sT'cl^^^ ■ excresence on the Bill, and his ameudineri t was -an exeention grafted on: an exception r He predicted, thatthe 10ca1... authoritie t would prove"reasonable in most cases.

Messrs Paul, McNamara and Belloc (Nationalists) preferred Mr Cecil's amende meat. Mr Chamberlain said that the Bill was drawn on wrong lines, and was not amendable. A logical sequence of Mr Cecil's amendment would be the assimilation of country and urban schools. What would the passive resisted then say? Mr Cecil's amendment was- negatived by 340 votes to 237 votes. The result was greeted with Opposition cheers, this being the lowest Ministerial majority in any important division this session. The minority consisted of the Unionists, Bixty-two Nationalists, twenty Independent Labour, and twenty-seven Liberals. The majority included two Catholics (Colonel Herbert and- Mr C'O'Donnell)