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THE STABILISATION OF EASTER BILL.
(Previous
Reference: Cabinet 7 (28). Con- clusion 8.)
ER.
39(34)7.
7.The Cabinet had before them a Bill, intro- duced by a Private Member (Captain Bourne) entitled The Baster (late Stabilisation of
Easter) Bill", the object of which was to fix
the date of Easter Day. The Pill was down for
Report and Third Reading.
The Cabinet were informed that, from the
point of view of meteorological statistics, the
date proposed for the fixed Easter did not appear
so favourable as the normal variable Easter.
The Cabinet were also informed that the
ecclesiastical authorities concerned had been
consulted. The Archbishop of Canterbury had
approached Cardinal Bourne, who had himself
undertaken to approach the Pope of Rome.
The Cabinet agreed
That the Home Secretary should have authority to support the Stabilisation of Baster Bill.
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