POLITICS IN BRITAIN.
THE FINANCE BILL
By Electric Telegraph.— Copy right LONDON, June 11.
After a vigorous attack by Mr. Balfour and a short and spirited reply ».V Mr. Asquith, the second reading ot the Finance Bill was agreed to by 366 to 209. Sixty-two Nationalists voted with , the Ministry. The Lord Mayor of Dublin and sheriffs and aldermen of that city, duly robetl, appeared at the bar of the House of Commons to protest against the Budget. Four hundred Unionist amendments were handed in. Many more are in preparation. „ , „ The Daily Telegraph states that bO Liberals are likely to memorialise the Government to abandon the land tax, ami adds that it is understood that official advisers of the Exchequer have always declared that the land proposals are impracticable and unworkable.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13929, 12 June 1909, Page 2
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131POLITICS IN BRITAIN. Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13929, 12 June 1909, Page 2
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