THE CRISIS IN BRITAIN

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 261, 10 December 1909, Page 2

THE CRISIS IN BRITAIN

ALTEIt IN U THE 00-SSITIOXIUX. TO ALLOW OK THE REFERENDUM. B.v Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, December 0. The Rt: Hod. A. Emmott, a Liberal, H|«uking to Ills constituent* at Oidbamt said at present there was a great chance to have written a constitution which might add something like a referendum or a method whereby people would 1» fl able to give a direct mandate. iH MR. JOHN BURNS ON THE STUMP. I London, December 8. H Mr. John Burns, President 01 the H Local Government Board, has broken hit H long silence by speaking at Battersea. * H He said the borough would never re* H cover from the stigma if it rejected hiin. Mr. Burns has been hard at work on ti>* JH Housing Bill. He now shows an energy M

which astonishes his constituency. Though Mr. John Bums' attacked the House of Lords, he did not refer to till Budget. THE REAL QUESTION. TARIFF REFORM advocated. Received December 0, 10.80 p.m. London, December 8. v Mr. Wyndham, speaking at the Constitutional Club, declared the real question ' underlying the Government's threat against the Lords was whether the electorates were to be committed to the policy of the Budget and against taritf reform without having an opportunity of saying which they preferred. The policy of taritf reform alone assured tM Empire. It meant meeting the urgent needs of defence, employment and unitji He could hardly call the Budget a POjWl It was a re-hash oi State CobdeniMW spiced with a little socialistic seasoning. PAYMENT OP INCOME-TAX Received December 9> 10.20 |MB. London, December 9. The Inland Revenue Department «#• gests that bankers, coupon-dealer*, and agents entrusted with the payment of ! foreign un<l colonial dividends,■ Should 'continue to deduct Income-tax at th* rate of 14d, pending the Introduction ot ! another Budget. The bankers and otheri' liVeiv to adont the recommendation.