BRITISH POLITICS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10002, 24 March 1910, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

"FINANCIAL CHAOS."

COLLECTION OF INCOME TAX

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. , Received March 23, 9 a.m. LONDON, March 22. In the House of Commons, Mr A. D. Steel-Maitland, Unionist mem. ber for Birmingham East, accused the Government of creating financial chaos. Mr Austen Chamberlain, ex-Chan-cellor of the Exchequer, asked how the Government was justified in deducting income tax from the salaries of public officials if it was illegal to collect from unofficial persons.

Mr Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, replying, ridiculed he supposition that the Treasury should beg for payme t of income tax when it was unable to enforce the demand,

NEXT ELECTION. CONSERVATIVES DETERMINED TO FIGHT HARD. Received Mirch 23, 9.9 a.m. LONDON, March 22. The Conservatives are determined to fight every constituency they contested duri ig the last campaign. GOVERNMENT URGED TO LEGALISE TAX COLLECTION.

MILLIONS IN HANDS OF BANKS AND COMPANIES. Received March 23, 9.10 a.m. ,• LONDON. March 22. Mr J. G. butcher. Unionist, 13 urging the Government to take immediate steps to legalise the collection of income tax, because many millions are in the hands of banks and companies throughout the country, and some of this the companies might possibly liquidate.

ELECTIONS ON ONE DAY. REDISTRIBUTION BILL. Received March 23, 10 a.m. LONDON, March 22.

Mr Joseph King, Liberal, has introduced a Bill providing that the elections shall take place on one day. Sir H. Kimber, Unionist, has introduced a Reform (Redistribution) Bill.

N ATIONALISTS UPHOLD THEIR OPINION. PENDING A STATEMENT BY MR-ASQUIfH.' ggeeiVgd March 23, 9 a m. LONDON, March 22.

The GovernmefM resolutions are approved or According to party lines. The NatiOiialiste Withhold their opinion pending a statement by the Prime Minister as td how the Government proposes to'give effect to his scheme in the event <>£ the House of Lords rejecting the re-' solutions or postponing its decision.

POSITION' ABSOLUTELY UNCHANGED. ESTIMATES TO BE INCREASED BY NINE MILLIONS. IN NEXT BUDGET. THE "ALL-RED" ROUTE. Received March 23, 9.30 p.m. . LONDON, March 23.

The Unionist party meets on Tuesday \ n consider Mr H. H. Asquith's veto resolutions. Mr A. J. Balfour will then have returned from Cannes. Mr Redmond, leader of the Nationalists, states that his interview with Mr Lloyd-George has left the position absolutely unchanged. The issue of the Exchequer bond 3 were twice subscribed.

"The Times'" states that many subscribed believing the bonds'to be covered sixfold, consequently they now possess much more than is wanted. The bonds are quoted at oneeighth discount. The "Telegraph"' states that the Army, Navy, and Civil l Service estimates has by nine millions necessitating another tvnc-penre income tax, and the re-imposition off the full sugar duty in next Budget. In the Commons, replying to Mr A. Pell, Colonel Seeley stated that the "All'-Red"' Route was under consideration, but he was unable to say when a decision would b.e reached