LORDS AND BUDGET.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 643, 21 October 1909, Page 7

LORDS AND BUDGET.

POWER TO REJECT. : LORD MILNER ON PEERS' PLANS. • WILL BE GUIDED B? LOKD LANSDOWJSE. (By Telegraph—Press (Eec.. October 20, 9.50 p.m.) 1 London, October-20/ ; Lord llilner, speaking at- Ealing, dcolared that tho right of tho Houbo of Lords to rej<ct ai. money' Bill was unquestionable,-and it. .was. I doubly , unquestionably when Such a Bill con-, taiiied matter which properly should bo included in separate enactments. . - Tho Lords, added Lord- Milner," would be guided by the: advice,. of Lord , Lansdowue (Unionist Leader in. the Lords). • The worst' feature of the Budget was its iilteutioa to side-traok, tariff reform.. •, .-■.l'-'CAN-TARIFF-REFORMERS PAY OLD AGE PENSIONS? , - UNIONIST INDIGNATION. (Roc. - October 20, 9.50 p.m.) , - London, October 20. Mr. Alex. Ure, Lord-Advocate for Scotland, addressing a .Budget League meeting at Tring

uuutrauug ft ,«uu jjwaguo wcctiug UL XiUlfc (Hertfordshire), .deolared .that ho tariff reformer had shown how the revenue was to bo rnteod to pay the.old ng® Tho alarm of poor folks lest : a , change • of: Government might .cause loss of their ponsions was well founded. . • The "Daily Mail" protests against "tiiia discreditable falsehood," circulated by a Minister after Mr. Balfour's protest against a similar misrepresentation. REPORT STAGE OF FINANCE BILL. . GOVERNMENT AMENDMENTS. (Rec. October 20. 9.50 p.m.) ' London, October 20. The House of Commons, in the. report stage .of- the Budget, disposed ,of tho Government's amendments to tho. first six clauses. -, . ". The Opposition protested, against tho Chancellor of thp Exchequer, Mr. Lloyd-George, not producing his.promised revised estimate. of the revenue from the new taxes, which ...was necessary in'order to judge the effect of the Government's .; t ' ■ . * Mr. .Lloyd-George' replied that lie was un.willing' to issue -an estimate without : first : making an explanatory statement.;' .. . BUILDERS WHO WILL NOT BUT LAND, London, October 19. : Fifty West London builders liavo signed a memorial stating that-they have not purchased .land since the Budget , was introduced. > The 'memorial declares that they 'do not intend to purchase any' until they are* assured that security of contract Will be respected by .the Government. , ' ■ It', also (alls attciilion to the recent unprecedented unemployment, which, in the 'opinion, of the'memorialists, is due to the land clauses of the Finance Bill. - , LOUD PORTMAN. London, October. 10. . Lord Fortman will support the Opposition at the General-Blfection owing to the Government's Budget proposals. • .r. '' ' . [As Lord Portraon joined tho Unionists at the time., of tho Home Rule sput inlß3o, and as lie is .classed in books of reforenco as n Liberal-Unionist Peer, it would seem,'to' bo :tne' natural thing for him to support the Unionist , Opposition.' He was, it is true,-,at one "time ,' f an oULWhiggish Liberal",, in tho House of Commons, but ,that wis prior! to 1860. His opposition to the Budget may also bo taken for granted j he.'is ono of London 8 great ground landlords, being monarch, ' so far as ground ronts' aro concerned/ of nil he ; surveys in tho parts about I'ortman Squaro hml Baker Street. Lord Fortman is SO ychrs of a»6.],