BRITISH POLITICS.
1 LICENSED HOUSES. ANIMATED DEBATE. Received October 28, 8 25 a.m. LONDON, October 27. An animated debate took place in tbe HouJlof Commons on a proposal to omit clause 43 of the Finance Bill, on the ground that it was an attempt to carry a Licensing Bill in the guise of a Finance measure. It was claimed that many of the smaller licensed houses would oje taxed out of existence. 7 .The Prime Minister, Mr Asquith, denied that there was any vindictiveness shown in the Government measure, though the trade had been warned of the result if the Licensing Bill was rejected. • Mr H. Samuel, Chancellor of the Dueby of Lancaster, said the Government bad dealt with hotels and restaurants in a conciliatory manner. WORKING MEN CANDIDATES. Received October 28, 8.5 a.m. LONDON. October 27. . The "Standard" has successfully opened a public' subscription for defraying the election expenses of Unionist working men candidates.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9635, 29 October 1909, Page 5
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155BRITISH POLITICS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9635, 29 October 1909, Page 5
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