But he showed no enthusiasm for the suggestion that
be should extend the benefits of the Acts to others besides the "working
classes," and flatly declined to attempt a definition of that ambiguous
term. It is believed, however, that recent experience has convinced him
that builders in general and bricklayers in particular cannot properly be
so described.
Mr. RENDALL'S attempt to get the House to pledge itself in advance to the
full policy of Lord BUCKMASTER'S Divorce Bill was defeated. The main
opposition came from Mr. RONALD MCNEILL, who sits for Canterbury and spoke
with cathedral solemnity. Mr. MUNRO supported the Resolution, on the ground
that Englishwomen ought not to be refused the advantages enjoyed by their
Scotch sisters. Marriage in Scotland appears to resemble Glasgow--there are
great facilities for getting away from it. But Lady ASTOR, hailing from a
land where they are even greater, displayed no desire to jump to
conclusions, and asked for an interval of five or ten years to make up her
mind.
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