The Annual Register (Volume 147) (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. The Easter Recess: Mr. Brodrick on the Premier's Fiscal Policy?The Question of Relief to Underfed School Children; Order by the Local Government Board?Aliens Bill; Debate; Second Reading Carried?Difficulties of the Board of Education, in the West Riding and Elsewhere; Debate on the Refusal of the East Ham Borough Council to Continue Administering the Education Act; Submission of the Council; Deputation to the Premier; Debate on the Treatment of Merionethshire as a Defaulting County?Debates on Budget Resolutious and Finance Bill?The Trade Unions and Trade Disputes Bill Altered in Grand Committee, and ultimately Withdrawn by Promoters?Criticisms on and Prospects of the Unemployed Workmen Bill?Progress of Workmen's Compensation Bill in both Houses?Mr. Balfour at Albert Hall and Mr. Chamberlain in Birmingham? Farewell Banquet to Mr. Choate?Scottish Education Bill; Second Reading ?Local Veto (Scotland) Bill defeated, and Land Values Taxation (Scotland) Bill Read a Second Time?Lords on West Australian Aborigines and Chinese Labour in the Transvaal?Mr. Wyndham's Explanation of His Resignation; Debate in Commons?Agricultural Rates Act, etc., Continuance Bill through Committee?Mr. Balfour's Statement on Imperial Defence; Discussion thereon; Lord Esher's Letter?Lord Lausdowne on German Pacific Islands ?Development of Commercial Advisory Committee of Board of Trade? National Liberal Federation Meetings and Labour Legislation?Mr. Cham berlain and Trade Unionists?The Government and the Automatic Conference of 1906; Great Disorder in the Commons?Discussions on Irish Secretary's Salary and on Proposed Repeal of Crimes Act?Lord Lansdowne on German Tariff and Anglo-Japanese Alliance?Resignation of M. Delcass; Regrets in Great Britain?Motor-car Debate?Lords and the Afghan Treaty...