PREMIER AT BLENHEIM.
(pee press association)
Blenheim, This Day,
Addressing a meeting last night, the Premier announced that there would be no change in the Government policy as stated in some quarters. He explained that the Liberal administration bad increased the National debt, but was not a burden of the people, and said despite the abnormal expenditure so far as he could judge, the Government would have a surplus of over £200,000. Ho denied the statement that want of money was the cause of reducing the men in the Public Works. What course the Government would pursue with regard to m n for South Africa, would bo decided shortly when he had learned the views of his colleagues. Without giving any direct intimation, he hinted that ho was in favor of sending more men,
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 14 December 1901, Page 3
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134PREMIER AT BLENHEIM. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 14 December 1901, Page 3
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