The Annual RegisterEdmund Burke Rivingtons, 1900 |
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... Council the Opposition would give it their assistance . He criticised the omission of overcrowded and insanitary dwellings and of old - age pensions , and thought a more prominent place ought to have been given to the question of ...
... Council the Opposition would give it their assistance . He criticised the omission of overcrowded and insanitary dwellings and of old - age pensions , and thought a more prominent place ought to have been given to the question of ...
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... council of the nation . He did not approve of everything done by the bishops , but he could not on that ground subscribe to the view that their presence in the House of Lords was prejudicial to the commonwealth . At the same time he ...
... council of the nation . He did not approve of everything done by the bishops , but he could not on that ground subscribe to the view that their presence in the House of Lords was prejudicial to the commonwealth . At the same time he ...
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... Council to transfer other powers by agreement , sub- ject to the revision of the Local Government Board , and muni- cipalities other than the recipient had the right of objection . Where the County Council had transferred certain powers ...
... Council to transfer other powers by agreement , sub- ject to the revision of the Local Government Board , and muni- cipalities other than the recipient had the right of objection . Where the County Council had transferred certain powers ...
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... council , Sir J. Gorst ( Cam- bridge University ) , took up a very independent line , and detached his personal from his official opinions with his customary free- dom . He said that there could be no doubt that five or six hours of ...
... council , Sir J. Gorst ( Cam- bridge University ) , took up a very independent line , and detached his personal from his official opinions with his customary free- dom . He said that there could be no doubt that five or six hours of ...
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... Council , and at the same time to give greater powers to the new Municipal Councils . How these apparently contradictory objects were to be attained did not appear very plainly from Mr. Gladstone's speech . Mr. Asquith , who spoke on a ...
... Council , and at the same time to give greater powers to the new Municipal Councils . How these apparently contradictory objects were to be attained did not appear very plainly from Mr. Gladstone's speech . Mr. Asquith , who spoke on a ...
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