The House of Commons to-day rejected the Labour vote of censure of the Government relative to the goal stoppage by 359 votes to 131. The Liberals abstained from voting.
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald moved the vote of censure. He said that not a single Tory constituency was safe (Ministerial laughter and Opposition cheers). After referring, to the "offensiveness" of Mr. Evan Williams, the Presi ind the "incompetence" 'Mr. Cook, the miners' secretary (Binisterial cheers and laughter), Mr. Macdonald said that the Government had allowed the country to lose £500,000.000 in order to give the owners time to gain a great. victory over the Miners' Federation, which had been broken but would reunite and, combined with Labour, would resume power (Opposition cheers). In conclusion Mr, M: Donald declared that the Government should go to the country to receive their merited doom tertained by Australians to Mediate London, Dee. 7, The Duke and Duchess of York, who sail shortly for Australia and New Zealand, were guests to-day of the Australia and New Zealand Luncheon Club in London. The Duke expressed pleasant anticipat tions of the visit. Particularly, he counted it a very high honour as the King's representative to open the mew capital of the Commonwealth, which, he trusted, would inaugurate a new period of' prosperity and development for Australia and her people. His Royal Highness added: "The Duchess and I are' longing to see the wonders of your country and to meet your people in their homes,"—British Wireless through Reuter,
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