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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2221, 19 June 1908, Page 3

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IMPERIAL POLITICS. OLD AGE PENSIONS. GERMAN SYSTEM" IMPOSSIBLE. United Press Association. Copyright LONDON, June 17. Itv the course of the old ago pensions debate, Mr. Asquith contended tiiat tho resources under tho Ireetrndo system were equal to the unancial demands of the Bill. Ine Gorman system was impossible hero, becauso based on inquisition and compulsion'; adding: ‘‘You cannot 'brigade Britain’s industry. Tho .Government's schemo was provisional, and did not tic Parliament’s hands for the future.” Air. Balfour did not voto on the Bill. * THE CLOSURE APPLIED. MR. BALFOUR PROTESTS. United Press Association. Copyright (Received Juno 18, 11.35 p.m.) LONDON. June 18. Sir. Asquith, being absent at Cambridge receiving an honorary degree, Mr. Llovd-Georgo moved Mr. Asquith’s resolution in favor of the application of the guillotine to tho Old Ago Pensions’Bill. The resolution was carried after a lengthy debate by 300 to 102. Mr. Balfour nrotested that tho privileges of the House were being curtailed to an unprecedented extent. Too many controvorsal measures wore introduced in a single session. Mr. Lloyd-George replied that tho resolution was a summary expedient intended to deal with a temporary difficulty. / IRISH UNIVERSITIES BILL, STATEMENT BY CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP. United .Press Association. Copyright (Received Juno 18, '9.36 p.m.) LONDON, Juno 13. The Catholic Archbishop of Ireland has issued n statement m reference to the Universities Bill. He declares that a Bill constructed on l a- plan suited to the country’s need, was most likely to lead to finality. It was regrettable as one of the evils incidental to the present system of legislation. for Ireland that tho provisions relating to the University of Dublin 1 and its colleges were nob framed in accordance wit| ( the convictions of tho Catholic nation. “We believe, within fundamental conditions which the Government must accept, much more might be done to meet legitimate requirements. Headmasters of secondary schools should be represented' on the governing body of provincial colleges. The University College about to be established at Dublin is not intended to be residential. If this determination is persevered in, the consequences may bo disastrous from a moral and religious, equally with an educational standpoint. Tt was indefensible to throw hundreds of youths into the streets of Dublin, side by side with the splendid provision made at the cost of the Irish nation for tho Episcopalian Protestants’ Trinity College.” ■ NEW BILLS INTRODUCED. United Press Association. Copyright (Received June 18, 11.35 p.m.) LONDON, June 18. In tho House of Commons Mr. H. M. Bottomley introduced a Bill to compel bankers to band to the Public Trustee all dormant balances and securities in their possession. He remarked that so much money lying dormant would he-a godsend’ to the Treasury. Mr. Banbury introduced a Bill to amend the Wild Birds Protection Act, making capture by hook punishable with a fine.