WAR FINANCE.
THE BRITISH BUDGET. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, May 2. . THe highest Budget in the history of the world is passing easily through the House of Commons. The total taxation involved is 842 millions, but the House of Commons confirmed all the necessary resolutions, after a brief and tranquil discussion. The new sugar duty was confirmed, and a majority of the other increases of taxation were agreed to with little debate.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16203, 4 May 1918, Page 9
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