BRITISH POLITICS.
MR LLOYD-GEORGE'S BUDGET LABOUR PARTY APPROVES OF MAIN PROPOSALS. g x @^ Received May 3, 8.50 a.m._ * LONDON, JVlay_2.~ The Labour] Partv the main proposals of Mr Lloyd-George's Budget, but oppose the suggested increase of the duty on tobacco. BUDGET PROPOSALS. UNSOUND AND UNJUST. Received May 4,"*1.5 a.m. LONDON, May 3. The Duke of Westminster in afletter to the "Daily Mail," says:—"l would not grudge the heavy tax imposed on incomes by the Budget if a definite assurance regarding the security of the country by sea and land were forthcoming.'' Lord Avebury, in a letter published in the "Daily Mail," declares that the general opinion in the city is that the Budget proposals ar? unsound and unjust, The proposals doubtless will firstly, fall with extreme severity upon the rich, but will tend to lower wages and drive capital abroad; so before long the poor will be the greatest sufferers.
CITY OF CORK BY-ELECTION. Received May 3, 9.10 p.m. LONDON, May 8. The City of Cork by-election to fill the vacancy caused by Mr William O'Brien's resignation resulted as follows: — Mr Maurice Healey, Independent Nationalist 4706 Mr Crosbie, Nationalist 3547
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3180, 4 May 1909, Page 5
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190BRITISH POLITICS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3180, 4 May 1909, Page 5
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