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LONDON. April IC—Mr Phil : p Snowden (Labor) resumed the Budget debate. He said bo Imped the Chancellor would have resisted the temptation to* sai-i dicing .--01111*1 finance to political expediency. He had heard with d’sn.-iv tlm\ the Chance Uri favore 1 a lax on betting. Must the country have recourse to recognising what is perhaps the second greatest curse in the country? The high beer tax bad been the greatest measure tor temperance ever carried The country could not afford to have increased consumption of liquor Ho would say little about Capita.! and Labor, because they were asking the Government to give a special day for its consideration. The Government could rely on Labor’s strenuous opposition to most of the Budget proposals. They would move an amendment to the Finance Bill to provide for the adoption of a capital levy.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 18254, 19 April 1923, Page 12
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