THE BRITISH CRISIS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 195, 19 August 1931, Page 7

THE BRITISH CRISIS

DIFFICULT PROBLEMS CABINET COMMITTEE’S WORK THE SESSIONS CONTINUING I By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright] Received Aug. 18, 9.50 p.m. LONDON, Aug. 17. Cabinet’s sub-committee's secund session lasted from 8.30 p.m. until 10 o’vluck and is resuming in the morning. The reason, it is be ieved. is that the problems were found to bo more difficult than was expected, cspccia ly the proposal to tax fixed interest bearing securities. The Daily Herald says that one of the decisions of the day was that no social services will be abolished. The Morning Post’s Paris correspondent states that Mr Baldwin is again leading for London from Aix le Bains in response to an urgent summon* CABINET MEETINGS PROPOSED COSULTATIONS [British Official Wireless. ] RUGBY, Aug. 17. The Cabinet subcommittee met this ifternoon for three hours and continued the study of the projects before it. The week’s important political events began with the return to London this morning of the Prime Minister, with Messrs Snowden, Henderson, Graham, and Thomas. Mr MacDonald will to-morrow continue preparations of the proposals. On Thursday the Ministers are to explain the financial position to the General Council of the Trade Union Congress and the executive of the Labour Party, and they will probably also be in consultation with the leaders of the Conservative and Liberal Par-