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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18015, 6 March 1924, Page 11

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BUSINESS METHODS IN UNIONIST PARTY. (Sixssr "thnr* "Bawiou) LONDON, March 4. It is understood; that the most powerful oommercul interests of the country Are frfthfnd Mr BL E. Blain's appointment aa chief acpns of the Unionist Party, indicating rigorous measure* to aeoore efficient Oonflerrstiv© reorganisation by the application of business principles. Mr Blain joined the Underground Traffic Combine after successfully fight* ing their attempts to introdnoe omnibuses in competition with Mr Blain's "West Ham Tramways, which were better organised. NO BETTING LAW. GOVERNMENT'S DECISION. (axmsa's TBUHHUXS.) (Beceived Mar eh sth, 10.5 pjn.) LONDON, March 5. In the House of Commons, replying to questions, Mr Snowden (Chancellor of the Exchequer) stated that the Government had carefully considered the report of the Betting Committed and, after reviewing the whole question, had concluded that it would be against the public interest to make the changes in the law which would be involved. [The Committee emphasised that the street bookmaker must be eliminated.] THE SBATr (umnuuu a*d *jl camui tawocunov,) LONDON, March 4. Mr Havelock Wilson, secretary of the Merchant Seamen's League, and 4 former Liberal MJ?., proposes to contest the Abbey Division of Westminster as a non-party representative of the seamen. . MR CHURCHILL STANDS. . (Beceived March 6th, 12.80 aim.) LONDON, March 5. It is announced that Mr Winston Churchill has decided to stand for the Abbey Division of Westminster as an Independent candidate. Lieutenant-Colonel Parkinson, the Democratic Conservative candidate, has withdrawn to support Mr Churchill.

BUBDEN OF TAXATION. LONDON, March 4. An article in the "Daily, Herald," claiming inspiration regarding the Government's policy, foreshadows a reduction in tea and sugar duty and entertainment taxes in the forthcoming Budget. It is already certain that the Budget will reveal a substantial surplus, which will be devoted to tja© foregoing relief of taxation, also social legislation. The "Herald" hint# at the imposition of an extra taxation on the "broadeat backs."

EDUCATION POLICY. HIGHER SCHOOL AGE. ; LONDON, Ma*ch 4. Mr C. P. Trevelyan (Minister of Education), writing to a Labour magazine, says that a general reaction baa set in against the Geddea Committee's narrow, soul-lew economies in relation to education, which are likely to injure the whole system irreparably. He therefore proposed to reverse engines. Advanced education should be available to all children of the working and lower middle-classes as well aa to the children of the wealthy. Mr Trevelyan said he was encouraging local authorities to raise the school age to 15 and to provide 40 per cent, instead of 26 per cent, of free places in secondary schools. The Government intended to restore State scholarships from State-aided schools to universities. DEPARTMENTAL ECONOMY. DONDQN, March 4. The Cirif Service Bflwwtes far 25 total £589,874,000, of ooMwed xeaal' . ' v -V'/ ■ 'v-v