IMPERIAL POLITICS.
ENCOURAGEMENT OF THRIFT
Press Association-Bv 'lelegraph Copyright LONDON, May 26. Lord Wenlock's Bill to facilitate the formation of. thrift- and credit banks »vas read a second time in the House ot Lords. HOME RULE FOR SCOTLAND. Received 10.27 p.m., May 2/t.li. LONDON, May 27. Mr D.' V. Pirie (Labour), by 257 voten to 102 votes obtained leave to introduce a Bill for- the establishment of a.j legislative body in Scotland, declaring that the Hours, of Commons acted as a millstone to Scottish national development-. Mr Balfour hotly opposed the scheme, which, ' lie said, was exceptionally cri ae and calculated to destroy the authority of the Commons. The Bill was read a first time. The "Times" protests against such legislative
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13606, 28 May 1908, Page 5
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121IMPERIAL POLITICS. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13606, 28 May 1908, Page 5
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