The Archive · 1940

Life of Parliament

In November Parliament, having reached the lend of its statutory existence. will be dissolved fand the country will be in the throes of a freneral election, unless -a ill to protons, the fife of the present legislature is adopted. That be a strong. feeling in the country a bill is desirable at this, time foes wut saying. In addition to being in. the midst of a great war, the British nation is in fan unveual sate of tux, many of the ini Targer cities having been evacuated the country, leaving boroughs which were crowding other accustomed population. The prob-fern presented by this warlime phenomenon pot, insurmountable, but will call for a great deal of organization for its satisfactory solution, registers of voters fed_in_ all parts, and the customary in-I difficulties of different areas. will have years.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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