Imperial Politics.
LA.ND VAIiUBS DUTIES. THE TAiXAfriOK! PROPOSAiLS. VARIOUS OPINIIOiNISt PROTEST A<JAirNST GOViERN. :.'.: mentis HAisrrai . : PArYMEMfr.^'IIiBIIHBRS^' (Per United Press Association) LOMDON, Mkiy 13. The Land VaJm» Dutie« BUI was oarried) by 330 rvtm to 120. ; 'Mr Harold Cox in the (purse of & speech said there was no legitimnte difference in the' income deriwd fruei land) andj the income from other sources, and he lafikedi why the mortgages on land were not treated like the land iteelfT Waa mortagagc on enterprise, but the owning of freehold a crimet , Hie detaided the taxing of ,ungott«n minerals was like the taxingl of bachelors for potential value of ungottin offspring. Mir Lyttelton showed the immense cost at valuations. The money sweated off the owners would not igo to' the Exchequer, but to the lawyers and surveyors. Messrs Chamberlain and Bnlfour hotly ipnotested at the haste of ihe Government farcing the proposals through the House of Conmnona. Mr IRigikun's motion in favour of^ payment of members Was carried by* 242 i votes to ■$&.
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Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10421, 14 May 1909, Page 2
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168Imperial Politics. Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10421, 14 May 1909, Page 2
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