On Fridaye March 9th; the House debated Lady Astor's. Bill
to prohibit: the sale of- alcohol to boys, or girls under eighteen years old. It was read, a- second time by 282 votes: This then, is- the third measure of social reform introduced by a private Member, .without the support of the Government, that, the present House. is engaged upon and seems determined to carry through. It must be a new experience for old Parliamentary hands. The:debates read,much as all debates on private Members! Bills- have always , read, with apparently about half the speeches for and hall against the proposal. Then, instead of the - old. division. by' which the Bill is- rejected . by: a small majority, there ,now comes a. large vote, and , the social' reform is, triumphantly carried. The explana- tion- is obvious,: Niromants Suffrage. The present Bill on Tuesday was supported in a: letter to the Times by the weight of. medical authority, represented by such names as Lord' Dawson of 'Penn, Sir. Thomas Barlow,. Sir Thomas. Herder, and- Sir George - Makin.
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