EASTER MAY WANDER ABOUT CALENDAR FOR YEARS TO COME.
By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. A.P.A. and Sydney ** Sun ” Cable. LONDON, February 17. Though the House of Commons read a second time the Stabilisation of Easter Bill, lobbyists point out that, even if the Bill passes its remaining stages, Easter may continue to wander about the calendar for many years. First
there must be international negotiations for an agreement between States, and similarly between Churches. If a general agreement is reached, a resolution of both Houses is needed to put the Bill into force. Clause four of Captain Bourne’s Bill specifically excludes the dominions, which, he says, are competent to legislate. for themselves. Their inclusion would not be ultra vires, but would be ultra rationem.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18393, 20 February 1928, Page 10
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