The Budget.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4473, 9 October 1909, Page 2

The Budget.

London, October 7. Many politicians and writers profess regard for Earl Rosebery’s decision to address no further Budget meetings, as a sequel to Balmoral visit. It is suggested that if King Edward intervenes with regard to the Budget action, it will recall Queen Victoria’s conflict over the Franchise Bill of 1884, when the Duke of Richmond acted as the Queen’s con* fidental emissary to Gladstone and Lord Salisbury. The “ Times ” understands that the reason why the Government decided to adjourn are : —Firstly, as the revising of the Budget, in order to insert amendments promised during commit* tee stages, will occupy the draftsmen and law officers a week ; secondly, there is no business of importance for the Commons to do ; thirdly, low majorities prove that supporters of the Government are getting restive for want of holiday. The “ Pall Mall Gazette” says “ Government’s new-born zeal for mature deliberation sits uncon* vincingly on Ministers who exceeded all precedent in the employment of gag and all night sittings ; . no political observer can believe it is more than conventional formula. The Opposition papers writing of the “ Budget muddle ” suggests that the Bill be laid up for repairs. The “ Chronicle ” headings read, “ King as peacemaker, seeks to the war of Peers and Commons.”