IRELANDS'S AUTONOMY.
THE CUSTOMS TAXATION AND THE POSTAL SYSTEM. GOVERNMENT VICTORIES. LONDON, October 18. The discussion of the llonn Rule Bill , ; t Hey" Ksher (Unionist member for Fulha , an amrad J™£ J. ding that while- Ireland should have a free hand in r.-gard to internal taxation she should bo prevented from exploiting imperial taxation. a The amendment vras-Tejected Mr J. Catheart Wason (Liberal member for Orkney and Shetland) opposed the Irish control of the Customs ,-uid excise. There was a vigorous debate on the proposal to establish a separate Irish postal system, which was, carried :>v a majority of 79 votes after an assuran* had been piven by Sir Rufus Isaacs (Attornoy-Genrral that the control of the Irish Post Office could in wartime be secured to the Imperial Parliament by Ordcr-in-Council. Sir Edward Carson ridiculed the idea that an Order-in-Council could give control of the Irish telejjraphs in wartime. Hb taunted the Government with giving a-quarter of a million pounds to Ireland to establish a local postal system.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 251, 19 October 1912, Page 5
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168IRELANDS'S AUTONOMY. Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 251, 19 October 1912, Page 5
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