20 APRIL 1929, page 1

News Of The Week

T HE surprise of the Budget came not from the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, bid froM Mr. Snowden. In the debate on Tuesday Mr.. Snowden made some astonishingly inopportune: and......

We Must Return To This Subject In Its Proper Order

in the events of the week, but we think it necessary to point out at once that there will be no hope of sustain-. ing the credit of Great Britain, and no hope for that continued......

On Monday Mr. Churchill, In Introducing His Budget, Spoke...

two and a half hours in his best form. He estimated the revenue for the coming year at £826,680,000, and the expenditure at £822,584,000. There ought thus to be a surplus of......

The Period Of Despair About The Railways Is Passing. It

is generally seen now that the future transport services of the country will depend equally upon the railways and the roads. In an ideal combination of services the roads will......

. *. * *. * There Are No New Taxes

in the Budget—apart from taxes that are only eubstituted for existing — taxes:— unless it is right to describe as a new tax the higher licence duties charged upon brewers;......

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