A SELFISH MAN
OFFERS THE “ SYMPATHY ’’ OF GREED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Adelaide, Nov. 28. The Premier has wired to Sir Edmund Barton “ The newspapers report that you stated that if any state refunded tho duty on fodder and breadstufls no objection would come from the Coinmomvealtb. I cannot believe that you have been correctly reported. If correct, I respectfully protest against tho connivance of tho Federal Executive in such a gross violation of the Constitution. South Australia sympathises deeply with tho suffering people of the Sister States, but their necessity should bo relieved in other ways than by abrogating the Constituiton," After further strongly protesting, ho concludes : “ Such a breach of tho Federal contract is fraught with present injustice and future danger,”
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 583, 29 November 1902, Page 2
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