IMPERIAL POLITICS

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 14003, 11 September 1909, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS

IMPRISONMENI DEBT. Press Association-By Tfilegraph-Gopyright . LONDOiVj'Sffpt:. 10. The "Select,' Committee oil "imprison.rii'ent for' Debt 'reports against ;coni"pleta abolition; as a tlrrfcat ol imprisoiimbiit is thd 'i/iily' argument a cert'aih class of "debtors will listen to. The" committeo- proposes a reduction of tlie time of tho Statute of'-'LnnitationS three' yeark iiiisttiul r? ot six, 'and recoiiimends that imprison men t lie 'not permitted in usury .'or betting;,cages,' THE LABOUR. PARTY. , . ' ~ •' LONDON, 9. Mr Keii : llardie, in addressing the Trade- Union, -Congress, said tlie Labour partv.' had', put the: right 'to work' or maintenance in. the 1 forefront of t;icir demaiuls." - .Now there wa's promise that botli' ; cfaims' woiild lie adm:itte<l. : State insurance against iineinploVnicHt woiild lit; ef|iii'valent to hmiutenance.. The Development' Bill, which"'was the'niost'r'evoliitiohafy liieasiire ever'introduced into Parliament, would" provide -' Tlie! Government also promised insurance Sgainst' sickness. Altogether they were on the eve of great- developments. .THE LICENSING BILL Received , 9.30 p.m., Sept. 10th. - LONDON, Sept. 10. The House of Commons passed clause 39, thereby completing the Licensing Bill; " THE STATE XffD UNIONS: ; Receivd 10.40 :p.iii., Sept. lOtlil'. LONDON; Sept. 10. The Trade Union Congress, .by 71.3,000 votes against 712,0(X), rejected its" PariiaUicntary'.s : committee's proposal that the State should . 'make grants to trade unions for the benetfi of unemployed ■ members.. ;A similar resolution was passed-at-the lasb Congress, but the miners' delegates, representing half a million, of workers, now opposed it on the ground that it would; aggravate . unemployment; Resolutions--worn carried in favour of a reduction of the pension age to . 6(1? Labour 1 Da'v' celebrations iin Britain, and that lalkiur exchanges should not be used to assist farmers, having disputes with their workpeople.