TITHE BILL OPPOSED
PETITION TO THE KING
LONDON, July 13. • Mr. George Pitt-Rivers, who was aide-de-camp to the Governor-General of ■ Australia from 1922 to 1924, and who is one of the leaders of Britain's tithe payers, is actively organising resistance to the Tithe Bill at present before Parliament.
Mr. Pitt-Hiyers, who is squire of 20,000 acres in Dorset and Wiltshire, has drafted a 1000-word petition asking his Majesty to withhold his assent from the Bill.
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Evening Post, Issue 12, 14 July 1936, Page 9
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75TITHE BILL OPPOSED Evening Post, Issue 12, 14 July 1936, Page 9
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