The General Election In Australia Has Resulted In A Majority
for the Labour Party both in the Lower House and in the Senate. The Labour majority in the House of Representatives will probably be 11. The Referendum returns, we are told,......
The Proper Proportions Between Lord Rosebery's Three...
subject of very great interest. As at present advised, we should like to see in a House of, say, four hundred, two hundred chosen by external election, one hundred by the whole......
It Is Understood That The Resolutions Have Already...
consent of the leading Opposition Peers. Though their terms are very general, as they ought to be at this stage, they show how very far the Lords are willing to go in the matter......
Mr. O'brien In The Course Of A Speech At Cork
last Saturday read out a letter which be declared had been addressed by him to Mr. Lloyd George, and which purported to summarise the results of some interviews between them.......
On Monday Night Mr. Asquith Introduced The Second Of His
Veto Resolutions in the House of Commons. The object of the Resolution was to provide that the opinion of the people for the time being should prevail. Mr. Asquith ended his......
Mr. Healy Defended Mr. O'brien From The Charge Of Breach
of confidence in a very moderately worded letter in Thursday's papers. He gave quotations to show that if confidences had been divulged by any one, Mr. Redmond, Mr. O'Connor,......
Lord Selborne At A Farewell Dinner Given In His Honour
by the Chamber of Mines at Johannesburg on Sunday last made a courageous and striking speech on the colour question. Taking as his theme the status of the coloured people—i.e.,......
Speaking On Tuesday Night, Mr. Balfour Declared That The...
Resolution, whether or not it was followed by a reform of the Upper House, would lead to an increase in the proba- bilities of disagreement between the two Chambers. "You will......
Unless, Then, There Is Another Alteration Of Plans, Which...
Redmond can, we think, be depended- upon not to allow, Mr. Asquith, as soon as the Lords have dealt with the Resolutions, will go to the King with the advice he has indicated in......
On Wednesday Lord Rosebery Gave Notice Of The Following...
:- " (1) That in future the House of Lords shall consist of Lords of Parliament— (a) Chosen by the whole body of hereditary Peers from among themselves, and by nomination by the......
On Wednesday The House Of Commons Continued The Dis- Cussion
of amendments to the second Veto Resolution. The first amendment, moved by Lord Winterton, proposed that Bills dealing with the duration of Parliament should be excepted from......
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