On Monday The Chancellor Of The Exchequer Made His Budget
statement in a shorter and clearer speech than this occasion usually receives. He had to tell a more hopeful tale than he had expected. A year ago he estimated the Revenue at......
Of This Surplus, The Chancellor Proposed To Allocate...
increase the Sinking Fund, which would then stand at £28,000,000, and the balance to take off the addi- tional twopence per pound on tea which was. imposed last year. This would......
The Debate On The Proposed Colonial Conference In The Lords
on Tuesday was opened by Lord Balfour of Burleigh, who succeeded in eliciting an important statement from Lord Lansdowne which undoubtedly throws new light on the situation.......
In The House Of Commons On Thursday Mr. Murphy Raised
the question of Irish University education, and insisted that no solution of the problem would be successful which did not give Irish Roman Catholics facilities for University......
The Home-rule Motion Designed To " Draw " Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman was introduced by Mr. Tuff, the Member for Rochester, in the Commons on Wednesday night, in a speech almost entirely composed of extracts from the utterances......
That Is Both Good Sense And Justice; But Unfortunately Mr.
Balfour thought it quite a sufficient explanation of why he had done nothing to carry out his policy to say that his views were "personal," and not acceptable to his colleagues......
The Duke Of Devonshire Went On To Point Out That
while the Unionist Free-traders might be driven in self-defence to measures of retaliation and reprisals, be did not think it their duty, even if it were in their power, to......
He Next Turned To The Year Which Has Just Begun.
The following table shows the details of estimated receipts on the basis of existing expenditure :— Customs £35,600,000 Excise ... 30,200,000 Death-duties 13,000,000 Stamps .........
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