SPEECH BY THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.
Press Association. Electric Telegraph
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London, June 27.
In the House of Commons the Finance Bill was read a third time by 286 votes to 181.
la the course of the debate Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, declared himself a free trader. He said it was true that Canada and Australasia, with almost limitless resources, had prospered under a system of protection which N in England foreshadowed grievous social and fiscal dangers.
Replying to complaints regarding the disparity between imports and exports, the Chancellor emphasised the growth of the income tax returns, which, he said, proved a better condition of every class in the community.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 150, 30 June 1902, Page 2
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