IMPERIAL POLITICS
THE LONGER-DAY BILL. Press Association-Bj. Telegraph-Copyright LONDON, March (5. Ml- Willott's Daylight Bill, to advance the clock an hour in April and set it hack in Sexiteinberj is increasingly supported in business circles. The Labour members opposed the second reading, Mr Churchill and Mr Lloyd George supported it, while the Government remained neutral. The second reading was carried by 131) to 94. The minority consisted mostly of agricultural members. INDIAN REFORMS. LONDON, March G. Lord Curaon, in a letter to the "Times," shows that the Government of India is not responsible for the executive or the provincial councils, and dwells on the magnitude and importance of the change proposed, due to Viscount Morley acting on the adviceoort r a decentralising Commission. Lord Curzon supports the late Sir John Lawrence's' dictum that personal administration by a single head without a council is the best form of Government for India. Sir Walter Lawrence has resigned from the Council of India, becouse, it is understood, of misgivings regarding Lord MorleyV reforms.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13847, 8 March 1909, Page 5
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