IMPERIAL POLITICS
THE HUNGER STRIKE BILL. A DISMANTLED AIRSHIP. THE POSTAL"REVENUE. MR. ASQUITH'S POSSIBLE RETIREMENT. By Cable—Press Association-Copyright. Received April 25, 10 p.m. London, April 25. In the House of Lords the Hunger Strike Bill was read a third time. In the House of Commons Colonel Seeley admitted that the Clement Bayard airship, purchased for £IBOO had been dismantled as unserviceable within eight weeks of her purchase. Mr. Samuel, in submitting the Post Office estimates, said that the reveaue showed a remarkable expansion. The estimated nett profit for the current year was £5,800,000. This profit saved the, Chancellor from asking for increased tax-1 ation. The remarkable development : from oversea cables and the reduction 1 of press rates had resulted in doubling the traffic in three years. London, April 24. Mr. Asquith, speaking at the press banquet, hinted at his retirement. This is the third similar hint within the halfyear;
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 287, 26 April 1913, Page 5
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149IMPERIAL POLITICS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 287, 26 April 1913, Page 5
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