BRITISH POLITICS.
THE. BUDGET. [By Electric Telegram—Corvi::c;:iT ] (Per Press Association.) Received August fi, at 0 a.m. London, August 5. One hundred and thirty-four members of the .House' of Commons, iiuljlding Messrs Barnes, Burns, ISylcs, Iveir rLardie, Alond, and Snowdeu, have sent a memorial to the Cabinet expressing gratitude for the Budget of 1909-10, and urging the Government to hasten oil the land valuation. They suggest that valuation should be made acces-
sible to trie public and also that-local ; )od:rs should be empowered to rate up-
:-n 'that basis. The land tax in their opinicn should be applied to the payment of the cost of poor relief, roads, asylums, and police, and the duties on tea, sugar, and articles of food should be abolished.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10526, 6 August 1910, Page 4
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123BRITISH POLITICS. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10526, 6 August 1910, Page 4
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