Mr Lyne's want-of-confidence motion, proposed in the New South Wales Legis lative Assembly, was rejected by 63 to 32, and Mr Neild’s amendment, deprecating the lavish expenditure on the Dean Com mission, was also rejected by 61. to 34. In referring in the House of Com mons to the Voluntary Schools Bill, Mr Balfour said that in five nights they had passed only two lines of the Bill. He dealt at length with the voting hostile to the Government proposals, and said that at the present rate of progress it would require 84 days to get the measure through. He deeply regretted the evidence of Parliamentary decay especially that of the lest week, and in some respects for the whole session—and declared that it was ominous, and showed that inevitably a change must occur. In concluding, he stated that the Bill would be submitted again early in January, especially to re lieve the voluntary schools. The Unionists are much discontented at the action of the Government with regard to the Bill. The Times declares that, the abandonment of the proposals by Govern ment will simply encourage farther efforts by the Opposition.
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END OF A BOOT TRADE DISPUTE. *

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, June 24. The dispute between Maine Bros., boot manufacturers, and the New Zealand Feder ated Bootmakers* Union is concluded. Out of 70 workers employed by the firm, only eight responded to the call of the Union, and they were replaced by non unionists, and the factory is now con ducted on non-union lines. The struggle has lasted for about six months.
A WOMAN DROPS DEAD.
