"The Times" emphasizes to-day that recent events have postponed, not advanced, the date of election, but maintains' its convinetion regarding the necessity of a reconstruction of the Government.
The "Manchester Guardian" says that the Prime Minister is rapidly becoming the Cabinet's "Public Enemy Number One" The longer is allowed to posture at its head, it declares, the heavier will be the fall 'A remarkable fact noted to-day is that practically all the morning papers ignore the scathing' attack made against the Government in yederday's debate by Major Harry Nathan. Labour member for the Larger Op)
The Conservative opponents of the BAI mustered a rather larger number than expected on the division on the Labour Party's amendment, The 133 who voted against the Government comprised 80 Conservatives, 48 Labour, three Independent Labour, and two independents, On the occasion of the passage of the second reading of the Joint Select Committee's Report, on which the present Bill is based, only 77 Conservatives voted against the Government.
In addition to the 89 Conservatives who sided with the Opposition, four others paired against the Government.
The Government figure of 404 included 28 Opposition Liberals.
Mr. Hoya George did not vote—Reuter and Wireless.
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