TAXATION.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20314, 13 August 1931, Page 8

TAXATION.

* : BUDGET PROPOSALS. LABOUR MEMBER'S BELIEF. [From Ouk Pakuaiosntart Uei'Ortek.] "WELLINGTON, August 12. It is believed by Mr H. T. Armstrong (Lab., Christchurch East) that j the lit. Hon. G. W. Forbes will meet the Reform Party's requests on the taxation proposals rather than suffer the defeat of his Government at the hands of Reform and Labour on a noconfidence motion. In an endeavour iu the House to-day to analyse Party affiliations, Mr Armstrong said: "We seem to have a Government Party and an Opposition Party in the Opposition Party. That is the peculiar part of the whole business. The front benchers of the Opposition Party are very loyal supporters of the Government, and the back benchers are the only real opponents. The others only apologise for the Government and try to justify its proposals. One of the back benchers, however says his side of the Ilouso is not prepared to accept the taxation proposals. The member for Chalmers also said 'that is putting it plainly enough.' When asked if he would vote with us he said, 'We will see when the time comes.' "Well, we'll see. Probably it will be what happened when the Government's financial proposals were before the House last session. When the time comes certain overtures will be made by tho Leader of the Opposition, and the Government will accept them and tho difficulty will be got over."