IMPERIAL POLITICS

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13990, 27 August 1909, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS

REVENUE FROM IRELAND. DAYLIGHT HAVING BILL. Press Associafcion-liy Telegraph-Copy right LONDON, August '25. Tn the House of Commons, Mr >). 11. Whitley, in reply to Mr Hasolcton. said lie estimated that Ireland's contribution to tho revenue of the United 'Kingdom for the current year would be insufficient to meet the cost of purely Irish services by upwards of £1,000,000. The ."War Office has issued regulations for the organisation and administration of cadet corps. The Select Committee , of the House of. Commons reports that while the voluntary adoption of earlier business hours, where feasible, would bo a great advantage to the community, the provisions of the. Daylight Saving Bill would create, confusion, especially as regards agriculture and railways. TIIK LAND BILL. , , Received 10.30 p.m.. August 2(>tb. LONDON, August 20: A further batch of the Land Bill clauses wits carried under the closure. ' The chief discussiou related to the incorporation of the reconstituted congested districts board. The Unionists strenuously but vainly resisted the. introduction of the elective clement, which they contended would soon be. under the guidance of the League. They added that the distribution of land in the face of the conflicting claims of the - congests 'and landless required cool heads, undisturbed by local pressure. Mr T. "W: Russell and Mr Birrell replied that elected membets had proved a tower of strength to the Department of Agriculture, and' that, the present problem was only solvable with the support of popular opinion.