THE BUDGET.
APPEALS AGAINST ASSESSMENTS. COURT OR OFFIOtAL?. STATEMENT BY CHIEF JUSTICE. .Illy Tclegraph.-Press ABsociation.-Copyriirht,) tltpo. Jimo 22, n.io p.m.) London, Jnno 22. Tlic Lord Chief Justice, Lord Alverstono, speaking at llio Lord Mayor's dinner to the judges, significantly doolarcd tliat ppoplo might rely on the protection of tho judges in tlio Imperial construction of the Acts of Parlimnent. Ilis Lordship added tli.it if a change is rrqujrwl, it ought to bo by Act of Parliament, not by an official. This remark alludes io the official to wliom nlono, under Mr. Moyd-Gcorgo's 'Bndget Bill, taxpayer? are allowed to appeal against arbitrary assessments. UNEARNED INCREMENT. HALITOJ? TAX FOR LOCAL BODIES. (Roc, June 22, 11.30 p.m.) London, Juno 22. Tho Chancellor qf the Exchequer, M' Lloyd-Goorge, replying to qnostion in the llouso of Commons, said he was prepared to accept an amendment whereby half of tho tax (20 per cont.) on tho unearned inorcment of land shall go to the local authority in whose distriot tho land is situated.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 541, 23 June 1909, Page 7
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167THE BUDGET. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 541, 23 June 1909, Page 7
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