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CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SENATE REJECTS BILL I Received June 12. 5.5 p.m. OTTAWA, June 11. A heavy blow was dealt to the GovI eminent bv the hostile Conservative I Senate majority iu the rejev*ion of a Bill proposing to amend tht British j North American Act and r he virtual l constitution of the Dominion The Government proposed through ameudments ’ ( to give the provinces the right to Impose taxes directly to men* debts and j relief, also to set up a Dominion Loan Council under which a-l provincial I loans would be controlled Mr Meighen, Senate Conservative 'eadcr. insisted that direct taxation for k ihp provinces would wreck the Confederation.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 139, 13 June 1936, Page 10
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