THE BRITISH BUDGET
PRIME MINISTER AND KING. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. ' LONDON, October 8. Mr Asquith had a further prolonged audience with King Edward. 'He returns to London to-day. Lord Lansdowne denies a widely-circu-lated rumor that he has been invited to Balmoral for the week-end, A SUPPORTER RETIRES. LONDON, October 8. (Received October 9, at 8,30 a.m.) Mr Ridsdale, a Liberal M.P., announces that he will not seek re-election, believing the Budget proposals to be unsound, and likely, if adopted, to disastrously affect the business of the country. A “BAROMETRIC” ELECTION. f A SELF-DENIAL WEEK FOR LANDLORDS. LONDON, October 8. (Received Oceobcr 9, at 9.5 a.m.) > Great interest is taken in the bye-eleo-tion for Bermondsey, which is regarded aa a barometric constituency. Dr Q. J. Cooper, the Liberal member, died suddenly on reaching homo after a late sitting of the House. The Solicitor-General, speaking at Maidstone, suggested that landlords should have one self-denial week a year, which would enable them to pay the increased taxation under the Budget tenfold.
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Evening Star, Issue 14185, 9 October 1909, Page 5
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168THE BRITISH BUDGET Evening Star, Issue 14185, 9 October 1909, Page 5
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