IMPERIAL POLITICS

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14004, 13 September 1909, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS

dress Awtiicial-iun-By Tclegraph-Copyiight MEAT FOR THE ARMY. LONDON, Sept. 10. In tho House of Commons, Atr Maldanc, replying to Mr R. Hunt, said that experiments proved that frozen and fresh moat wero practically equal, and therefore there would be no alteration in the meat supply to the army. STATE LANDLORDS. LONDON, Sept. 11; A 'Government 'amendment to the Finance Bill permits the State to accept real property in payment of estate duty. The Opposition-criticise this as tho first step in tho principle towards Stato ownership of land, which ought to have been secured by legislation instead of a money Bill.

ELECTION PREPARATIONS. . LONDON, Sept. 10. The Opposition lenders have reached an agreement whereby Lord Robert Cecil, Mr G. S. Bowles, Mr F. W. Lambton, and Mr Abel Smith will not be opposed by the Unionist Associations in their constituencies, which arc now to be approached with a view to obviating tariff reform opposition to the sitting members of tho Free Food Unionist Party. SPORTS GROUNDS. LONDON, Sept. 10. A deputation from cricket, footbaiil, and golf clubs, headed by the Marylchone Club, the Rugby Union, and the Football Association, requested the Government to exempt land used for sjiorting and recreation purposes from the Finance Bill. Mr Mastcrman, on 1 behalf of Mr Lloyd George, promised to exempt bona fide clubs from the increment tar. The Government propose to exemot works of art bequeathed to the nati.ni from succession equally with leg-vsy and estate duties. v. Tho "Times" states that a .lepu--tation from tho committee of tlic Stock Exchange conferred with Mr Lloyd George. It is understood that tho present duty on share transactions ranging from Cd to 2s has been, withdrawn in favour of a scale of fid in a pound, 1 thereby-reducing the burden on transactions of average magnitude.