SHORT OF COMMUNISM
BUSINESS MEN'S SUPPORT ECONOMY NECESSARY. Australian and. N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, January 22. At the meeting of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce at Birmingham, Sir Arthur Balfour, president, said that so long as the Labour Government was not controlled by Communists, the Chambers of Commerce would give it all possible aid in its undertakings for the benefit of the country. We were on the verge of an improvement in trade. The chambers would oppose nationalisation. He believed that a capital levy would be disastrous. He understood that the coming Budget would show a million or two surplus, but economy was nc- _ cessary in order to relieve taxation. .. The meeting passed a resolution -urging pa the Government the desir- . ability .oL.a_Bill parrying out the economic resolutions of the Imperial Conference, in favour of an Imperial penny post, and urging the Government to approach the French and Ital_ian Governments in regard to their debts to Britain.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11735, 24 January 1924, Page 6
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159SHORT OF COMMUNISM New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11735, 24 January 1924, Page 6
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