BRITAIN’S DEBT.
BURDEN STILL HEAVY. QUESTION OF PREMIER’S SALARY, By Telegraph.!—Prefls Assn.—Copyright,, London, Jan. 13. A White Paphr which has been issued shows that the total national deadweight debt is now £7.831,000,000, compared with £7,431,000,000 in the past year, and £051,000,000 in 1915. A Parliamentary select committee, reporting on Ministers’ salaries quoted Mr. Lloyd George’s declaration that, in the present condition of the national finances, he was unable to accept an increase, and recommended that no increase be made at present.’ Mr. Asquith gave evidence that the Premier was underpaid. He was poorer after holding office than he was before. The occupation, of No. 10 Downing Street was a mixed advantage. The house certainly did not add to the sweets or spoils of office. It was impossible for a man to discharge the duties of the Premiership properly without private means.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 January 1921, Page 5
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143BRITAIN’S DEBT. Taranaki Daily News, 15 January 1921, Page 5
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