BRITISH POLITICS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 June 1931, Page 6

BRITISH POLITICS.

A LIBERAL SI’LIT

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LONDON, June 27

The .Liberal-'Party is expected dellinitely to be split by an early announcement that it dozen Liberal numbers of the House of Commons, headed by Sir John Simon ami Sir Robert Hutchison, are breaking away front jMr Lloyd George, owing to then- dtsl.ke for the Party's Labour all:anee ) and are forming an Independent Liberal group.

BRITISH LAND TAX

.SNOWDEN’S CUM FROM I SI-

■LONDON, June 24

111 the House of Commons, Mr Snowden moved a new 'clause to the Land B'l.l, which would carry out the arrangements made by the Government with the Liberals on June 1/th. Mr Snowdin pointed out that the Liberal J’arty’s programme has for forty years included the taxation of land values, and has been always envisaging a uniform national land tax. Under this new danse, he said, all land except agricultural land would be subject to the national land tax after reductions of the amount of the initial tax. Mr Lloyd George said that -Mr Snowden had made his concession as olfettsively and as disagreeably as it was possible for hint to do sn. Neither the Labourites nor the Liberals had got their own way, which was the essence of all compromises. The new clause was then ean-iul bv 285 votes to 237.