2 OCTOBER 1909, page 19

The Debate Was Resumed On Wednesday By Lord Curzon, Who

laid stress on the need of scrutinising the finance of a measure which was really more English than Irish, and on the centagions Socialistic principles on which it was based,......

The Road Clauses Of The Development Bill Have Been Dis-

cussed during the week in Grand Committee. Much to the surprise of Members, the discussion showed that Mr. Lloyd George was still intent upon maintaining his special motor......

Suicide Is Bylaw A Felony, And Every Good Citizen Is

bound to prevent this or any other felony by all the means in his power. This salutary rule of law is, however, according to Mr. Keir Hardie and certain other extremists, not to......

On Wednesday Mr. Harold Cox Addressed A Meeting Of His

constituents at Preston and explained his reasons for opposing the Land-taxes. Mr. Frank Calvert, the well-known Unionist Free-trader, presided, and Mr. Cox was supported by......

In A Later Part Of His Speech Mr. Cox Declared

that the Finance Bill started from a false principle. The only sound principle of taxation was to tax people according to their means. A rich man should pay more because he was......

Lord Lansdowne, While Fully Endorsing Lord Dunraven's...

support his Motion on the ground that there would be ample opportunity of discussing and amending the Bill in Committee. As it stood, it was no mere expansion of the Act of......

13ank Rate, 2i Per Cent., Changed From 3 Per Cent.

April 1st. Consols (4) were on Friday 84—Friday week wk.......

A. More Powerful, And At The Same Time Fairer And

more sincere, criticism of the Budget cannot be imagined than that provided by Mr. Cox. Whether the Liberal "machine" will succeed in driving Mr. Cox out of Preston remains to......