BRITISH POLITICS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 92, 14 May 1909, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICS

THE BLUGI.T IJJiBAXE. London, May 14. The House "I Commons is lieeonii'ig | hfivmiutfy iinisrj al Mr Uyod-Ocorgc uvi*r Ilia tentative, imiellniti- pr<ipusal», ami liis plea that a unlit be p.is-i'il lii'iirc the House is informed of xvliiit till' I'inniii'i' uill contains. Mr Llvuil-Oi'iTK"-' admitted tliat "> e tux .if lliriH-jM-m-.' in tin- pound upon wiles lit clubs could easily be evaded by imixMisiuj! Uio subscription", and exiilaiiir'l that the charge of sixpence n the pound Oil the purchase «l '"l uor would obviate the need to employ a clerk to register sales. He l;" 1 " 1 "™ to consider Mr Austen Chamberlain« ■.ingestion of a sliding scale. Received 13, 10.30 p.m. London, May 13. Mr, Herbert Samuel estimates that as u result of Hie new taxation the liquur trade la fastening on the public an increased price of twenty million pounds to meet tne extra taxation representing four millions. PROTESTS AGIAIXST THE BUDOET PROPOSALS. Receved 14, 0.50 a.m. London, May IS. The Archbishop of Canterbury, in * festival to the sons of the clergy, stated tluit if the Budget became law the sum of £50,i)00 would be annually lout to ' the Ecclesiastical Commissioners' Kundf, which were devoted to the benefit Of the , poorer clergy. The Lord Mayor of Dublin presided at a meeting of various public bodies of Ireland. Resolutions were carried protesting agaiiist the Budget and appealing to the All Ireland Committee in the House of Commons to combat the proposed taxation. .