BRITISH POLITICS.
AIR LLOYD-GEORGE S BUDGET. LABOUR PARTY APPROVES OF ALVIN PROPOSALS. Electric Telegraph— Press Association. Copyright. London, Alay 2. The Labour Party approves the main proposals of Air Lloyd-George’s Budget, but opposes the suggested increase- of flic duty on tobacco. BUDGET PROPOSALS. UNSOUND AND UNJUST. London, Alay 3. The- Duke of Westminster, in a letter to the Daily .Mail, says:—“l would not grudge the heavy tax imposed on incomes by the Budget ir a definite assurance regarding the security of the country by .sea and land were forthcoming.” Lord Avebury, in a letter published in the Daily Alail, declares that the general opinion in the city is that the Hudget proposals are unsound and unjust. The proposals doubtless will firstly tall with extreme severity upon the rich, but will tend to lower wages and drive capital abroad; so before long the poor will lx- tlie greatest sufferers. PITY OF CORK BY-ELECTION. London, Alay 3. The City of Cork by-election to fill the vacancy caused by Air \\ iJliam O’Brien’s resignation resulted as follows: Mr Maurice Healey, Independent Nationalist, 4*06; Air Cro*bio. Nationalist, 3547.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 3312, 4 May 1909, Page 5
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