20 APRIL 1929, page 2

For The Rest, The Committee Say That Although British India

may have the right to , set up a Customs system which involves the States, any system which has not the sanction of the States and confers no benefits on them is a " real and......

A Reduction Of Harbour Dues, Which Have Weighed Very Heavily

on fishermen in the herring industry, will cost £30,000 in the present year. Finally, we must mention, as an important part of the Government's development schemes, the increase......

The Report Of The Butler Committee On The Relations Between

the Indian States and British India was issued on Tuesday. The Committee advise that the Viceroy (instead of the Governor-General in Council) should represent the Crown in all......

When The Debate Was Continued On Wednesday The Government...

plainly how serious a view they took of Mr. Snowden's speech. Sir L. Worthingt on . Evans, Mr.. Churchill, and Sir Austen Chamberlain (intervening emotionally, although a......

From The Point Of View, Of Influencing The General Election,

the most important of Mr. Churchill's conces- sions, ih our opinion, is the granting to agricultural land and buildings of immediate relief from the remaining portion of the......

At A Full Committee Meeting Of The Reparations Experts On

Tuesday an amended schedule of claims by the four creditor Powers was presented to Dr. Schacht and dis- cussed. The German delegate still maintains that the Allied figures do......

Among Other Reductions Of Taxation The Following Must Be...

The duty on motor goods vehicles between two and two and a half tons is reduced from £40 to £35, with a rebate of 20 per cent. for vehicles fitted with pneumatic tyres. The......

* * * * In Tuesday's Debate Mr. Snowden, After

attacking the " barefaced bribery " of the Budget, turned to Mr. Churchill's debt settlements with France and Italy. He described these as " shameful." He declared that France......