A Bigoted Company
An important debate took place on July 3 in the House of Commons on the Great Korthern (Ireland) aivd Midland Railways (England) Bill. After the Bill had been read a second time Mr. McVeigh moved that the committee be instructed to insert a clause providing for appointment to the clerkships tyy compeOitive examination. He showed by figures -that Catholics^ are now nearly altogether excluded by the Great Northern Railway of Ireland, the members of that denomination employed not numbering more than one per cent. Mr. Oordoirr a director, opposed the motion, b>ut it was supported by Mr. Redmond, accepted by Mr. Lloyd George, a^ud passed by a niaiorily of 13d votes. Mr Lloyd George described Mr. Gordon's speech as one of the most intolerant he had ever listened to.
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New Zealand Tablet, 23 August 1906, Page 34
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132A Bigoted Company New Zealand Tablet, 23 August 1906, Page 34
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