FINANCES OF FRANCE
DEPUTIES’ SALARIES.
PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THEM.
M. POINCARE SURPRISED
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.
PARIS, July 30,
M. Poincare was aghast when a proposal was made ,to the Finance Commission to increase’ deputies’ salaries from 27,000 francs- annually -to 45,000, but the commission voted by 22 to 2 in favour of the increase, which was incorporated in the Fiscal Bill, and this was l carried by 19 votes to 13. It will be presented to the Chamber probably on Saturday.
M. Poincare, resisted the amendments, saying: "It. is all or nothing. One tax is as obnoxious as another. All taxes are obnoxious. ’ ’ He added that the present Bill was only the preface. He intended', to .proceed by stages ,and lie promised that plans for the -stabilisation of the franc would be ready by October.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 31 July 1926, Page 5
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