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MENZIES GOVERNMENT SPECULATION AS TO FATE COMPROMISE ON TAXATION PROPOSALS I [U P A -By Electric Telegraph-Copyright) Received sth Dec., 10.20 a.m. CANBERRA, 4th December. Political tension is at its highest i peak and speculation is rife concerning the Menzies Government. Politicians are smarting under i newspaper criticism. The Budget debate was continued in the House of Representatives this afternoon and was carried on for a short time when the House unexpectedly adjourned for the night so as to allow the various parties to hold meetings to-night to find a basis of compromise on the tax* • ation proposals. The debate is resuming to-morrow. Eleventh-hour proposals on the Budget for a compromise were made by the Federal Ministry at a meeting earlier , to-day of the War Advisory Council. ; Strict secrecy regarding these was observed by the leaders of the parties.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 5 December 1940, Page 6
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