IMPERIAL POLITICS

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13998, 6 September 1909, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS

TTTE BUDGE"! 1 DEBATE. THE LIQUOR DUTIES. VERY N\RRO\V DIVISIONS. Picss Association-By Telegrapli-Copyiiglit LONDON, Sept. 3. In the House ,*if Commons, exceedingly am'ma,'led debates an> taking place, largely between the occupants ol the I rout bom hes, u'n\ the new suile ot liquor duties. The Government';, nmioiiU m one mstanee fell to 78. Received ."i ."> p.m., Sept. •"itli. LONDON, Sept. 4. ' Sevrtal London Libeial membeis vainh >mged beltci tyeaiinenl of the liquni trade, emphasising the fac't that nndei the old dudes the County .of London pays C 100,000, which, under the new duties, would become £BOO,000; - Tn the eailv hours this morning Ministers escaped dc-iea/t on several <hvj ions rnl„\ bv the «h*tention of Nationalists, whose attitude had been moip than piitirnl. The Government's maiorily in one division was only 10. Before one division Ijhe Chief Liberal Whip erossed the floor oflhe House and ponfprred with Mr Rpdmond. To this, incident Mr Balfour referred veslerd"v-- afternoon, taunting the Niiionahsts with felling thenrelvcs too chenplv Many Liberals Jir"» away on holidays, and an iirgent message was despatched with a view to a better atteiidaiiee next week. COMPENSATION. In the eonrse of debate, Mr Llovd George stated that be K hopes by the new scheme to extinguish bottle lieopses, and if none of the licenseholders are eonrnensntrd that is the penalty for noft-apppntance of the Licensing b;h of ioas. Mr Carton, with the approvil of ihe whole of tlip Unionists, moves' an amendment \o provide for compensation upon discontinuance rf business by reason'of the of duties. AI'STBALIAJ}'■IMMIGRATION. , LONDON, Sept. 5. Mr W. Ti.- Biillien./of Melbourne, in 'n letter to "The Times," savs Great Britain should assist Australia in increasing her population. It'was true that virions selfish and,-short-sighted interests were opposed to the intrndiiption of- strangers, even though they were Biitons, but these were in a minorifv. Australia as a jvhole giving a cardial welcome ahd .considerable fipanVia! assistance to British ( iin!ui-' grant'. ' , THE DOMINIONS 'ND INDEsPENtyENCE. , Loid Charles RVr°*ford, .sppak : ng at the, XMionil Cfnli, Toronto, said (hat if the v tmnerial Government Wei fere* with the Dominions in' any « •>* in the control and administration of defence, it would place the Dominions in a subordinate ivsition. in wlueh they ought not to be. It is thought that there may be some dinger o'f the Dpminions declaring themselves independent. "Well, if they did, vhb is? going in ennose them? Yon don't snppose the Old Country, would do it? fl would be regrettable'if the Dominions decl.ned their in:lenendene->, yet they hive a perfect right to <lo so.'" lie-, however, did not believe there was any shadow of a cliajtce of their doing 60. TIIE LORDS AND TJtE BUDGET. ■ Received 0.30 a.m.. Sept. Gllr. LONDON. Sept. .1. The "Westminster CilJ!c,ttf<" admits tliat there is a growing assumption that the Lords will reject the Budget, but' it is convinced, that ,the Peers' action will bo tjie resultant of forces the precise' strength of which cannot at present lie as"prtained. It adds that * the. political 'atmosphere is decidedly cluutsrealilts' bttfc Lord Lausdowne miry he trusted trt rechmmehd what is the least perilous thins* ,in all the pjrpumstanpps from the. Unionist standpoint. ' , ,