Press Opinions on the Licensing Bill
LONDON, November 25. The Daily Mail and the Standard suggest that Mr Asquith and the. Homo Secretary will be glad when the licensing question is dead. The Chronicle and the Daily News loudly protest against the Unionist peers' action, and revive Mr Lloyd George's threats of high license duties. The Times urges Mr Asquitii to withdraw the confiscat'dly proposals, pursue moderation as in the Education Bill, and adopt minor regulative, administrative provisions. The Lords would then willingly join in quickening the operation, of Mr Balfour's Act.
The Westminster Gazette says the Government must advance on the alternative line of taxation, which will automatically reduce public houses and secure the nation's rights in the liquor monopoly. The Pall Mall Gazette declares that the Lords stand as champions of public opinion against a detested measure which the nominal representatives of the United Kingdom are trying to iorce upon the community.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 12628, 26 November 1908, Page 5
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154Press Opinions on the Licensing Bill Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 12628, 26 November 1908, Page 5
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