BRITISH POLITICS.
PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. London, April 22. Colonel Hughes (C), member for Woolwich, has retired owing to Mrealth. Lord Charles Beivsford will be the Unionist candidate for the varant seat.
Tbe House of Commors has passed th« increase in the income tax by 290 to 61. Some of the Unionists confessed that the grain duty strained their loyalty. Six Michael Hicks-Beach replied that if peace c<me soon, concerting which nothng c- uld be more premature than the rumours published by the newspapers, all 'he tax tioti and jthe loan woud s ill b wnnfe I to meet th« increasing normal exp* ndi'ure.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 9, 24 April 1902, Page 3
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