POLITICS AT HOME.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14010, 15 September 1909, Page 2

POLITICS AT HOME.

THE TRADE BOARD BILL. DEATH DUTIES. By Eleotrio Telegraph.— -Copyright. (Received Sept. 15, 8.30 a.m.) - [ LONDON, Sept. 14. The Trade Board' 'Bill has pawed ' through its committee stages m the House of Lords. Clause 4U, exacting increased death duties, wa» strenuously .opposed in the House of Commons, xt was eventually „ , closurea aud Carried by IU2 to.«>. v Mr. Baltour, lieader pf the Opposition, emphasised the danger of taxing capital to meot annual expenditure. . , The Government maintained thai the ' proposals were fair and ju&t, and., W»t , unreasonable in comparison with the" ' 'resources of the country. SECRET PROCESSES. (Received Sept. 15, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 14. The Government has promised to consider Lortl Salisbury's and Lord Muner's suggestions to safeguard employers' secret processes; also representation on the hoard of home work- * era. A case w«s tried wherein 'a - considerable proportion of home writ*- ' era were engaged. ) DEEP-SEATED EVILS. (Received Sept. 15, 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 14. Mr. Alexander Ure, Liberal member for Linlitfagoiraaire, speaking at Warnngton, said a really remarkable feature about the Budget was that th#'Chancellor pf the Exchequer for the, first time announced that he wanted 1 large sums to supply not merely " passing need bat a permanent,, evergrowing need. The Government was - . asking for vast sums to enable it to re- ' move some deep-seated evils whJelt bad grown around the complex industrial system. Unionists consider tliis justifies many complaints against the Budget.