BRITISH POLITICS.
SPEECH BY MR KEIR HARDIE. Received February 8, 10.3 a.m. LONDON, February 7. Mr Keir Hardie, speaking' at Llwydcoed, said the Labour Party proposed to authorise the London and other large municipalities to undertake the business of buying and selling coal, which would reduce the present price by one-half and raise colliers' wages 50 per cent., and then leave a handsome profit towards oldage pensions. He believed that a general election was inevitable in 1908. Since he had had personal experience of the income-tax, he admitted that the middle class were entitled to relief, and he advocated a graduated tax, and the placing of additional burdens on the rich.
SCOTTISH PARLIAMENTARY PARTY. Received February 8, 9.18 p.m. LONDON, February 8. Mr D. Pirie, member for Aberdeen, presided at the meeting' of the Scottish Radical members of the House of Commons held at Edinburgh. It was arranged to meet again after the delivery of the King's Speech and elect officials. This is the first meetingAof the Scottish Parliamentary Party m Scotland oil the eve of a session since the union with England.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8353, 9 February 1907, Page 5
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183BRITISH POLITICS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8353, 9 February 1907, Page 5
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