LABOUR PARTY AND THE LORDS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12941, 4 December 1909, Page 5

LABOUR PARTY AND THE LORDS.

LONDON, December 3. Mr Henderson, speaking on behalf of the Labour Party, declared that it was altogether too. late for the House of Lords to profess anxiety as to the interests of the people. Its past was irredeemable.

GOVERNMENT'S FINANCIAL

ARRANGEMENTS.

LONDON, December 3. The Government has arranged to receive the new Customs Excise Duties, subject to any refunding, according- ta the next Parliament's decision. This will involve little if any loss of revenue. The Times' etock exchange article, dealing with gilt-edfjed securities, states — "On Thursday they were the best and most active marked of the bears who sadly anticipated financial chaos and sought to cover.

"END RATHER THAN MEND THE LORDS."

LONDON, December 3. Tlie Independent Labour Party have issued a manifesto in favour of ending 1 rather than mending the Lords. They strenilously oppose any attempt to strengthen the House by reforming it or