WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT
AN ACRIMONIOUS DEBATE
LONDON, Dec. 18. Clauses dealing with Church money prior to 1662 were the subject for an acrimonious debate. Lorfd Robert Cecil declared that -often ft man with a touch of hellfire on his brrnv gave money to the Church. Mr John Ward objected to the Government's hard bargain, and opposed the secularisation of religious funds. . The Hon. MoKenna intimated that he was prepared to accept two Liberal amendments leaving Queen Anne's'bounty intact. This concession. involving £15,000, inflamed tho_ Welsh Radicals, who subsequently decided to vote against the proposal. Lord Robert Cecil's amendment to arrooint a, committee of jurists to de'eide what were the private benefactions prior to 1662 was negatived.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12857, 19 December 1912, Page 5
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