NATIONAL ECONOMY
DISCUSSED BY THE LORDS
tiv Telegraph—Press Association—CoDyrish)
(Rec. November 12, 8.5 p.m.)
, London, November 11. The Houso of Lords is debating national economy. Lord Middleton opined that Lord Kitchener, was laden with work in the War 0 (See which ten men could not satisfactorily perform. He said reorganisation was essential, which might save a quarter of a million daily. Some horse. contractors were making thirty thousand a year in Devonshire. The Admiralty made every effort to combine efficiency with economy. A special commissioner had already been sent to the Eastern Mediterranean to inquire into the transport question. Lord St. Aldwyn said there had been insufficient control in making advances to Allies, which, with the cost of munitions, was'the main oauso of the increased expenditure. Big orders had been given to persons in the United States who had not possessed factories, and big payments were even made bofore works had been erected. He thought there ought' to be more indirect taxation.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2618, 13 November 1915, Page 5
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162NATIONAL ECONOMY Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2618, 13 November 1915, Page 5
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