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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9438, 7 May 1909, Page 5

of the Budget proposals are open to grave objections. ■jf Mr Lloyd George has offered to re -ceive a deputation on the subject on ihe 13th. , CONVERTED BY DEFEAT. Smith, who resigned his seat and offered himself for re--election on the issue of compulsory service, but was bottom of the poll, attributes his defeat at Stratford tp the impossibility of fighting singlehanded against two great parties., He adds that since the delivery of the" Budget he has become convinced of necessity of tariffs and now avows himself a fiscal reformer. HARD ON BREWERIES. Mr Bnxtcn Whitbread, in writing 1;o the Times, instanced two breweries that must hereafter pay £104,745 in increased licenses though their -annual profit was only £61,300.