FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.
MR REID'S DILEMMA. By Telegraph-Pi*--- Assoc';.non - Copyright Received liMUp.m., May 20. Melbottnte, May The IVE.-M Parliament has opened. The Spt'ClM Ft ‘.'.Viv l wifll !.' i ion to the utterance:? oi Mr I’hunibcrUiu on Lie encouragemrii! t, i * vrelations f - c •; various part - >i the Koipir; ; V c was as tore caste h Keccivtil 1‘- JU .on. Ma\ -7. In tiie House, Mr Urootne tiioveu too adoption of too A.id-vssm Reply. Mr KeM. criticising th' Uovrnm:*. ;it nroirosaD, said the Opposition beiicved nr leaving direct 'taxation absolutely to the S- aV- tiii'iusclvfs. He dcnc’.l Sir E. Burton's statement that tiie Oppo-ition was in league wall those who desired to living in cheap labor, lie disclaimed any Opposition intuition to again rip open tho wliole tariff. All they ilesimt was to reduce the excessively high duties which dosc roved revenue, lit 1 couM not ho\\e\ci, promise not to interfere with the taritl fot a few years. Such a promise would pluco him in a false position.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 901, 27 May 1903, Page 2
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