THE IMPERIAL BUDGET.
(Per Edbotrio Telegraph—Uopvßm<rr. (Per Press Association.) (Received 12.45 p.m., April 17th.) London, April 16. In the course of his Budget Speech Mr Goschen questioned whether paper money could be considered aide by side with gold coinage, and said that prudence forbade making any large economy by the issue of paper money which was not represented by gold. The Chancellor declared his intention of clinging to the postal surplus, not in a miserly way, but with tenacity. He referred shortly to the expanding prosperity of the country, and to the really grave condition Of European politics, • -
Correction of yesterday’s message:—Mr Gosohen proposes to raise £300,000 by increasing the beer duty by one-fourteenth, not one-fifteenth, of a penny.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 4985, 18 April 1889, Page 2
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119THE IMPERIAL BUDGET. South Canterbury Times, Issue 4985, 18 April 1889, Page 2
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