5 APRIL 1919, page 3

A Temporary Aliens Restriction Bill Was Introduced By The...

Secretary on Monday. Until Peace is proclaimed, the Government have full powers to exclude, detain, or deport undesirable aliens. The new Bill will continue these powers for two......

The Compulsory Acquisition Of Laud For The State Or Any

local or public Authority will be facilitated by Mr. Fisher's important new Bill. The ruling.principles of it are that an official valuer will act as arbitrator in any dispute......

Such Considerations As These Bring Us Inevitably And...

to the conclusion that the one and only fair means of levying direct taxation is by means of the existing Income Tax. Let every man and every woman be taxed on the income which,......

The Lend Settlement Bill, Which Is Intended To Redeem The

Government's pledge that discharged sailors and soldiers should have full opportunities of settling on the land, was published on Wednesday. The Bill simplifies the......

Colonel Claude Lowther Moved The Adjournment Of The House Of

Commons on Wednesday to remind the Government that they were expected to exact the uttermost farthing from Germany by way of reparation. Colonel Lowther and other members......

Public Opinion Has Moncentrated.on Demanding That Husband...

no longer have their incomes assessed together for the purpose of Income Tax. In the old days before the graduation of income Tax a .united assessment did not matter, as it made......

Of Course The General Reform Of The Income Tax Will

wait upon the Report of the Royal Commission. It would not be at all . surprising, however, if Dir. Chamberlain so far forestalled the recommendations of the Commission as to......

The Military Serviee Bill Was Read A Third Time In

the House of Commons on Monday. The little group of Asquithian Liberals divided the House against the Bill, but mustered only 64 votes against 282 for the Government. Their......

Mr. Churchill Made An Important Statement About The...

at a Conference on Tuesday. The Force is to be reconstituted at once, with a strength of fourteen divisions and fourteen mounted brigadee. The Territorial officers who have held......

The General Feeling That The Transport Bill As Drafted Made

the Minister of Ways and Communications too much of an autocrat led Mr. Bonar Law on Tuesday to promise a, further modification of the Bill. If Sir Eric Geddes formulates a......

Bank. Rate, 5 Per Cent., Changed Front 6 } Per

cent. Apri15,1917......