At the last moment the Marriage (Prohibited Dezvees of Relationship) Bill failed to reach the Statute Book since the Bishops who objected to it on the ground of its unsettling effect on domestic matters turned up in force in the House of Lords and managed to defeat it by 26 votes to 25.
'A man cannot therefore marry hnieee while a few other peculiar rimonial unions of a similar kind will be equally: prohibited for the moment, Arthur Shirley Benn, ki who brings this Bill Is will doubtless revive it again the near future, The Plight of the Railways very small dividends in these days. They hope to get come money from the powers they have just obtained from Parliament to run road transport, but Ido not see that to rebuild their fort they have just wages under which more than 22,500,000 will be: saved. Men earning £3 a week will have their wages redueed by 1/6d. and others will lose proportionately. while the directors will sacrifice about £30 a year each. In return 100,000 shopmen will find themselves working a full week again whenever possible. Both political and labour ireless welcome the settlement as the first big practical result of operation in industry. Other bodies of men and employers will, it is hoped, get together in the same spirit' to solve the difficulties of. their trades. dt says a great deal for Mr. Thomas that he has ma: aged to bring off the deal without being denounced,
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