IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2548, 8 July 1909, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

THE BUDGET PROPOSALS. CONDEMNED BY MINE. OWNERS. United Press Association —-Copyright (Received July 7, 10.35 p.m.) LONDON, July 7. Mining engineers and solicitors representing the bulk of the Yorkshire and Midlands, coalfields, in conference at Sheffield, resolved that the penalties 5n the land and minerals clauses of the Budget were excessive, and that the . Bill was despotic, as it did not allow the unrestrictive right of appeal. THE BUDGET DEBATE. ANOTHER CONCESSION PROMISED S (Received July 7, 10.55 p.m.) In the Budget debate, Mr. LloydGeorge, in response to a strong recommendation from both sides of the House, promised to insert a clause allowing appeal from the decision of the Commissioner regarding assessment increment. LORD AVEBURY ON THE BUDGET. NOT TAXATION, BUT CONFISCATION. Lord Avebury (formerly Sir John Lubbock), in a letter, affirms that Mr. Lloyd-George’s figures show' nothing in the state of the national finances requiring or justifying so fundamental and revolutionary a change in the system of taxation. Moreover, the proposals in some cases are not taxation, but confiscation.

A MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENT.

A BY-ELECTION NECESSARY.

Mr. J. W. Gulland, Liberal M.P. for Dumfries Burglis, and Scottish Whip, has been appointed a Junior Lord of the Treasury, necessitating a by-elec-tion.

(Received July 8, 12.5 a.m.)

Mr. C. F. G. Mastennan, Undersecretary of the Local Government Board, succeeds Mr. H. L. Samuel at the Home. Office; Mr. J. ,H. . Lewis, Junior Lord of the Treasury, succeeds Mr. Mastermau.

THE STRUGGLE FOR FEMALE

SUFFRAGE

WOMEN PROPOSE TO-INTERVIEW THE KING.

The Women’s Freedom League renewed their peaceful blockade of the House of Commons last night. They now. propose to seek an audience with King Edward at the Palace.