BRITISH POLITICS.
MR SNOWDEN’S BUDGET. iUnited Press Association.—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright), (Received 10.45 a.in.) LONDON, April 26. Mr Snowden who believes this is iiis ln.-t Budget, says* in the "Sunday Pies-, 1 (.hat he lias risen M’om a sick bed with a ,superhuman effort and has rejected all unorthodox .schemes of business arising Ironi tin* budget, concerning v. hu h there lias been much mystery. Ihe "ObservVr” says (.he land taxes were no doubt deliberately designed lo force a conclusion with the Peers. Nothing is more certain than that the Ministers aided b.v Mr Lloyd George are laying a trap for the Lords. The "Reynolds News” usually well informed on Government affairs says Mr Snowden’s proposed tax is likely to operate on Thursday and a division thereon will put the sincerity of the Liberals to a test, since a Government defeat would be followed by a general election, the dual issue being taxation land monopoly and abolition df the House of Lords,
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 April 1931, Page 5
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161BRITISH POLITICS. Hokitika Guardian, 27 April 1931, Page 5
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