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On Monday this amendment was defeated and the House turned

to one moved by a sm ll group of Con- servatives urging economy. A useful little debate followed before the amendment was withdrawn. On Tuesday, the Liberal amendment on social development was taken. The debate became in part a discussion of the Liberal Industrial Report, which we reviewed last week. The Chancellor of the Exchequer (whose recent doniestic anxieties have demanded our sympathy) answered for the Government in a spirited and humorous speech. He refused to commit himself on financial questions, but returned to the subject which has so plainly been occupying his thoughts, namely, a readjust- ment between rating and taxation. The amendment was defeated and the Address was agreed to. * * * *

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