The following Petitions against the Bill were read: (1) Cheshire Lines Committee: Counsel: Reserved. Agents: Messrs. Beale and Company. (2) London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company and Great Western Railway Company : Counsel: Reserved. Agents: Messrs. Beale and Company. (3) Wallasey Corporation and Moreton Parish Council: Counsel: Reserved. Agents: Messrs. Sharpe, Pritchard and Company. Further consideration of this Bill adjourned until after the Committee shall have decided upon Part IX (Borough Extension) of the Wallasey Corporation Bill [Lords]. [Adjourned till To-morrow at 11 o'clock. Wallasey Corporation Bill [Lords], (continued). Clauses further considered, amended, and agreed to. Dr. Thomas William Naylor Barlow, Mr. Lionel St. George Wilkinson and Mr. Arthur Collins recalled and further examined. Mr. Lionel St. George Wilkinson recalled and further examined. Further consideration of this Bill was postponed until the Autumn Session. Sunderland Corporation Bill [Lords], (continued). Report read and agreed to. Ordered, To Report. [Adjourned till Tuesday, 8th November, at 11 o'clock. The Committee was further adjourned till Tuesday, 15th November, at 11 o'clock. Wallasey Corporation Bill [Lords], (continued). Sir Lynden Macassey, K.C., was heard in support of Part IX of the Bill (Borough Extension). [Adjourned till To-morrow at 11 o'clock. Wallasey Corporation Bill [Lords], (continued). Sir Lynden Macassey, K.C., was further heard in support of Part IX of the Bill (Borough Extension), and called evidence. Mr. Harry Atchley Thomas recalled and further examined. Wallasey Corporation Bill [Lords], (continued). Further evidence was heard in support of Part IX of the Bill (Borough Extension). Mr. Harry Atchley Thomas and Dr. Thomas William Naylor Barlow recalled and further examined. [Adjourned till Tuesday next at 11 o'clock. Wallasey Corporation Bill [Lords], (continued). Further evidence was heard in support of Part IX of the Bill (Borough Extension). Dr. Thomas William Naylor Barlow recalled and further examined. Mr. O. Ambrose Emlyn sworn and examined. Wallasey Corporation Bill [Lords], (continued). Further evidence was heard in support of Part IX of the Bill (Borough Extension). Mr. O. Ambrose Emlyn recalled and further examined. Mr. Charles Hewetson Nelson sworn and examined. Mr. Lionel St. George Wilkinson recalled and further examined. [Adjourned till To-morrow at 11 o'clock. Wallasey Corporation Bill [Lords], (continued). Further evidence was heard in support of Part IX of the Bill (Borough Extension). Mr. Lionel St. George Wilkinson and Mr. Arthur Collins recalled and further examined. Mr. Godfrey Midgley Chassereau Taylor sworn and examined. Mr. Craig Henderson, K.C., was heard in support of the Petition of the Wirral Rural District Council against Part IX of the Bill (Borough Extension). [Adjourned till Tuesday next at 11 o'clock. Wallasey Corporation Bill [Lords], (continued). Mr. Maurice Fitzgerald called evidence in support of the Petition of the Wirral Rural District Council against Part IX of the Bill (Borough Extension). Mr. David Bunting sworn and examined. Mr. Charles William Constantine, and Mr. Harry Nixon sworn and examined. [Adjourned till To-morrow at 11 o'clock. WEDNESDAY, 30th NOVEMBER, 1927. Members Present: Sir THOMAS ROBINSON in the Chair. Mr. Lowth. Sir Robert Newman. Mr. Christie. Wallasey Corporation Bill [Lords], (continued). Further evidence was heard in support of the Petition of the Wirral Rural District Council against Part IX of the Bill (Borough Extension). Mr. Harry Nixon recalled and further examined. Mr. Samuel Henry Davis, Dr. John Brown Yeoman, Mr. Hugh Percival Raikes and Mr. William James Bates, sworn and examined. [Adjourned till To-morrow at 11 o'clock. Wallasey Corporation Bill [Lords], (continued). Mr. Rowand Harker, K.C., was heard in support of the Petition of the Cheshire County Council, against Part IX of the Bill (Borough Extension), and called evidence. Sir William Hodgson and Dr. Meredith Young sworn and examined. Room cleared. The Committee deliberated. Question, That so much of the Preamble as relates to Part IX of the Bill (Borough Extension) is proved, put and agreed to. Parties called in and informed of the decision of the Committee. [Adjourned till Tuesday next at 11 o'clock. Wallasey Corporation Bill [Lords], (continued). Clauses further considered, amended, and agreed to. Mr. Arthur Collins recalled and further examined. Clause 97 (Alteration of townships). Sir Lynden Macassey, K.C., was heard in support of the Clause, and called evidence. Mr. Arthur Collins recalled and further examined. Mr. F. G. Thomas, K.C., was heard in support of the Petition of the Wirral Guardians against the clause, and called evidence. Mr. William Brock Keen sworn and examined. Question, That the clause stand part of the Bill, put and agreed to. Other clauses considered, amended, and agreed to. Mr. Arthur Collins recalled and further examined. Mr. James Boucher sworn and examined. Mr. Lionel St. George Wilkinson recalled and further examined. to. Further evidence was heard in support of the Preamble of the Bill. Mr. George Livesey recalled and further examined. Preamble read a second time, and amended. Question, That the Preamble, as amended, is proved, put and agreed The Matlocks Urban District Council Bill. Counsel: Mr. F. N. Keen. Agents. Messrs. Lewin Gregory and Co. Preamble read the first time. Reports from the Ministry of Health and from the Home Office were read. Mr. F. N. Keen was heard in support of the Preamble of the Bill, and called evidence. Mr. Richard Taylor sworn and examined. Further consideration of the Preamble postponed. Clauses considered, amended, and agreed to. Mr. Walter Beaumont, Dr. Hans Fleming and Mr. Arthur Collins sworn and examined. The Matlocks Urban District Council Bill (continued). Mr. F. N. Keen was heard in support of the Clauses of the Bill, and called evidence. Mr. John William Boden and the Marquess of Hartington, a Member of the House, sworn and examined. [Adjourned till Tuesday next at 11 o'clock. |