Support for Permissive Bill and popular veto over licenses
A meeting endorsed the Permissive Bill with 130 extra clauses to grant licensing control to the people. Speakers urged the veto to lie with the public, pledging support for a May 8 debate and urging MPs to back the measure, while opponents cautioned against moral coercion and favored treatment of inebriates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Anstruther
W. Johnston
M.P
Ulster
Saunders
8S. Porr
Q.C
Grazebrook
Maine
Pope
House of Commons
Railway temperance conference condemns refreshment rooms as drinking dens
National Temperance League held a Westminster meeting chaired by Samuel Bowly where directors and managers urged reform of railway refreshment rooms. A House of Commons committee heard Captain M Neil and Mr Jackson describe rising drunkenness, adulteration in beer, and harsher penalties for licensed publicans serving already intoxicated customers.
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National Temperance League
Westminster Palace
Samuel Bowly
League
House of Commons
M‘neil
West Riding
Jackson
Sheffield
Endowed Schools Commission Report on Religious Instruction
The Endowed Schools Commission and the Education Department publish a report detailing actions and limits on the commission's existence and duties. It notes that local managers determine religious instruction within the school's scheme, with governing bodies and headmasters bearing the duty to regulate it in line with community needs and sentiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee of Council On Education
Education Act schemes show to govern how schools teach faith
The commission discusses managing denominational education under the new Act, defending governors' discretion, noting the novelty and challenges. It lists scheme outcomes: 24 laws, 34 submitted, 84 published, 214 under discussion, 733 in correspondence, totaling 1,085 cases touched, with Emanuel Hospital cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Education Department
Emanuel Hospital
Schools Inquiry Commission
Farm Labourers Unite Forces Across Counties
Report on a Willis's Rooms conference plan to discuss unionism among agricultural workers. Leaders Mr. T Hughes MP and Mr. A J Mundella MP to chair sessions with Joseph Arch among speakers. Mentions forming a 30 000 member union across Gloucestershire Worcester Hereford and Shropshire plus wage demands and county meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis
T. Hughes
M.P
A. J. Mundella
Joseph Arch
Warwickshire
Gloucester
Worcester
Hereford
Shropshire
Gloucestershire
Cambridgeshire
Newmarket
Huntingdonshire
Brampton
Grantham
Auberon Herbert
Alderman Carter
George Dixon
Kent
Shoreham
Sevenoiks
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THE
Endowed Schools Commission
Sussex
Hedinghams
Belchamps, &c
Somerset
Arthur Kinglake
Taunton
Dorset
Earl of Carnarvon
W. Gibson Ward
Ross
Herefordshire
England
Hodge
Arcadia
Dugdale
Stoneleigh
William the Conqueror
Fortescue
Henry VI
France
Edward IV
Mary
Philip
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