BUDGET CLOSURED.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 501, 7 May 1909, Page 5

BUDGET CLOSURED.

BY fltef'VtfiFES:- ; •> DEFENCE # FRE C # FfWAWe; LTJXURIES'dNLY TAXm 0&. Slay' d; 11.87 p>;ni.) ; issocutioi/—cb'rYriiOHT.) : ■ . tttlflofyMa"^^; ,Th'e rfiitfget''debate waV'cbnthiue'd- the'' H&uso .of Commons. Mi. Philip Snowdeiry fcaboiir member for" ijiitckfciifrii' w'eic'oiiM' the Budget,- because* it" took ffoffi the rioli ; .aiid ,, gayb' : t<4'iliop6b'r'.- Htf 6bject was tif matte' th6'poor'richer an'tf th'e" fi6h'poorer. Th'6ro,was no other' Way under" heaven whcVeby' the' p'oof could be' made better'.off' ~ • ".„'."' . 'Hie" Prime' Minister (Mr.' the Budget as being' iri accordance'with' Free' Traded'' and" «s ; adequate to' meet'the; neces'sitie's* of Sn'd' the" rfecessitifif of future years' ptfiout t'a'iih'|' .th r e'. rfec&'sstrie's 6f life." He described.spirits and tobacco''as itMfrie's 6r' s'trperhmties;-. ,'.tf. : iii ; Ch'amberiaitf (Unio'ffist ex* Chanpflor 6t the s^er'aly'-cfttfr bised: the proposed destruction of the" olcf , sikhing fund ir connection: with-the National Debt, arifl' the". increase of th'tf ih'&'mV taft ..jfr. 6'.' $. GV Mastermaii;.■Pa:rlii'tn%ta : fy Secretary to the' Local Government': Board, said he did not agree with Mr. Snowderi .that' tHß,poorer clfeses' should'piy no taxes';,(&e m'fitrorf',fe' apply'' the" closure" to' the debate; was* tWi earned, the'' voting' being-:— ForHhern'otjon'..... .7. ". ./.'■ 3Q$" .■■ Against' -the motion.'"•'". „•'. .;;■ 200 Majority fsr'' . ~;• '.. : . Ip& The' result.of the division was hailed- with-: 6fies of '''ipig r nT' a'iid : "Withd-plw tfi'e 1 ' |; . ; ■„..-„,•,',' ; ■,■-".'• :" '■■' Thei resolution implying" ; th'o tea' wW carried by 832 votes, to. 179:- ' ■ .. - '•• MBV B"ALf6uB'S INJURESFIRM ■"" 'NAMED.' - . / Mi ASQUITITS; '">". : (feeo: ifa'y d,' ' ■ : .- ; .■--..,..c- v..'i,.: i.^'^Hd^'.i&sre;-. ' ,Duruig : the Budget debater the' Leaner' of the Mr; Balfour', presented fibrreiSted figured relatarif te , '.the , ;efejfr ; of tHc*' &$3 ta'xetf.&rt'.tM' bdyinW'.of" Me'ssrsV IVHrgi' bread Hi Co.; irewors, the" firffi'.Shich'he" . mentioned last Monday (tfheh he" wW t& pdrted' as' declaring thai thr new 1 texdtioabiifd« jifopoEC'd ffoffld amSunft- iri' tHe" cM 'of .tiiiHil, to; M£,(ti)o',; 67 £7060 &6r& Quil it dMnbuted annually -to"■its of"dmary siar©-" hgiders); ,The, corrected, figu'rei'-show -.that HVhitbread and Cri;' will he'reafW pay £2000 nio'r'e'in they distribute to' tUMr. orjinafry - "'.'■'" ,In the 1 course 6f. his speech ih' df' {he Budgctj the l*rinie: Mirtistef: predicifedih'at the consoiiddtißii'o| ltbeni&r .&&■:ss rafeinf of. thfe' price* of ii|u'6fwoiflff, insure the stiihikty, and prosperity: of the brewing' inßustry. .'•.-■ ■. , ••;' : , ■

■, -.WHltßrefii atttt ,C6v,' Ltd'/bYcwdrs/ hifve 1 a l . total crfpital Of . intlildihf loans; arid 1 the. tjverige. dividend on 1 ordinary shate's'isll 'per., cent; ■,-.:...:'-I ■'■•.';-:•.•.;■... '"•.;-.:■' '~,','. ■•'■.,■ v. By.- consolidation ..otJiceHs'es;tUa; Prime Minister, ■■ jtleans, .reduction,of. licenses; f. lfi 9g<- 0 , wil 'R? a - I ?,tfß iumbei.of license's hftvo" caSe'g Mind id profi'taW to surrenAnd to cdhtiriiie- ttith le'ss ImMic kMitig tkeV busies dt a 1 MMX fc'as'f of inanagement'and upkeep.