THE LIQUOR DUTIES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 114, 12 May 1909, Page 5

THE LIQUOR DUTIES.

BEEWERS' LICENSES,

THE TAX KM FOREIGN BEERS.

[iPSBESS ASSOdAHON.] ' (Received May 11, .11.12 p.m.) ; LONDON, May 11. i The House <of Commons discussed a liquor resolution covering forty excise -duties. There was an animated discussion, on the lines of public criticism. The Opposition warmly resented the Government's attempts to .closure the .■debate. Mr Lloyd-George announced that he -fwas considering a new scheme of hotel iftnd grocers' licenses. Defending growers' licenses, which were hitherto JjE»l per year, he stated that henceforth ifihey would be 2-|d per barrel .of 7.6 jg^ons, whereas brewers' profits w*re !Qs£feo 14s per barrel. j^lje duty on foreign beers has t>een \fhs&&ig& one shilling per 36 gallons.

Tha^imes says that the Budget is laaadeaggifing considerable modification as A xe%isb of criticism since its intro--da«flbip.n. Cabinet has reconsidered ihe f&Hf^ipn o f the old sinking fund to a dft\sJspment fund. Some Ministers oppose the establishnaesii tis ad hoe .auithprity, and prefer that sums sho-uld \hs> voted to the Board of Agriculture $he Local Government Board and £e;ap*l of Trade, which haw jstaffs capable <&$ administering graaste.

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