BRITISH POLITICS.
TAXATION PROBLEMS. By Electric Telegraph—Copyright Australian, and N.Z. Cable Assn. Received 11.5 p.m., June Ist. LONDON, May 20. Sir Donald Mac Lean, in the House of Commons urged the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the proposed capital levj r ) providing data for a decision before the next budget. He regarded the imperial preference pro7)Osals as an anaemic effort l and hoped the Chancellor would gather courage to introduce a scheme of more lasting importance to the whole Empire. T,lio South Wales Miners' Conference passed a resolution requesting members to refuse to pay income tax until the exemption is raised to £250, and urging the miners' federation to act similarly.
TRUSTS AND COMBINES. The British Ministry of Reconstruction's committee on trusts, after an investigation of tlio iron and steel industry, reports a remarkably wartime increase in trade combinations for restricting competition _ and controlling prices. Tlio committee recommends machinery similar to that of the dominions and the United States to investigate the operations of trusts anil combines.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 1682, 2 June 1919, Page 7
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