IMPERIAL POLITICS
THE BUDGET PROPOSALS
TAX ON JTOTELKEEPERS
Received 0.20 p.m., June 28th
LONDON, ' Juiu 28
... A-t a- meeting of Liberal members oi' the House of Commons, it was declared that the- levying of a license duty on the basis of annual value puts London licensees at a great disadvantage compared with the rest of the
country. The meeting expressed the belief that the publicans preferred to pay <k\ in -the £1 upon liquor consumed. As the Bill stands, London will contribute 30 per cent, of the yield of the whole kingdom, Ithough the city contains only" one-fourth of the population.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13941, 29 June 1909, Page 5
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101IMPERIAL POLITICS Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13941, 29 June 1909, Page 5
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