SEVENTH TIME
BRITISH LABOUR DEFEATS. LIBERALS PANIC-STRICKEN. BY CABLE—PBESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received July 2, 9.50 a.m. TfONDON, July 1. The Government has been defeated in the Commons for the seventh time since the session opened. Directly the result was announced the Liberals were panic-stricken at the possibility of the Government’s resignation, and rushed to the rescue and gave.the .Government a majority of 68'. The question at issue was the liability of performances for charity to pay the entertainment tax, the House voting their exemption, hut it is doubtful if the Liberals would have voted if they had realised the consequences. The Liberals wapt an early election even less than' s the Labourites. In any case the point was of trifling importance, and only £IOO,000 in revenue was in question.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.
LONDON, June 30. In the House of Commons, the Government was defeated on a minor point in the Finance Bill by 220 votes to 165, but the defeat is unlikely to--lead to serious consequences. ■ The attempt of Mr. Stanley Baldwin (Leader of the Conservatives) to secure an adjournment of the discussion until he knew whether the Government would accent the decision was defeated by 237 votes to 169.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 2 July 1924, Page 7
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