HEREDITARY TITLES.
LABOUR OPPOSITION. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received May 10. 10.10 a.m.) LONDON. May 9. The House of Commons read a first time Mr Arthur Ponsonby’s Bill to terminate hereditary titles, introduced under the ten minutes rule. The Bill allows the holder to reborn after the Act has passed wil! be allowed to succeed to the Peerage. Mr Ponsonby, who is a Labour member, claimed that the Bill erred on the side of moderation. The hereditary principle was a survival of medievalism. The dignity of merit and distinction was rapidly disappearing from the Peerage and party payments from beer and whisky were taking their place. Hereditary titles ministered to vanity, encouraged corruption. ami led to snobbishness and flunkeyism. Mr Ponsonby added : ** The ‘Labour Party, when it came into power, would not confer hereditary honours.” The Speaker inadvertently forgot to put the question to the “ Noes.” so that the motion was registered as carried.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17037, 10 May 1923, Page 10
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