BRITISH POLITICS.
United Press Association—Copyright LONDON, October 31. Mr. Lloyd George, addressing the "Welsh National Liberal Convention at Rhyl, appealed to the nation to support him in every step to prevent the railway strike. He declared that the House of Lordly veto blocked tho road to. Paradise. Mr. Haldane, at Rhyl, promised to create a "Welsh. Army division, with a commander-general of their own. Nov. 1. Mr. Asquith, speaking at Leven, said what had taken place at tho Colonial Conference and the Australian tariff had combined enormously to strengthen free trade in Britain. Ho challenged the Tory leaders to plainly answer if in order to obtain colonial preference they were ready to tax foreign corn, meat, wood, and wool. If Mr. Balfour said no, he would doom his authority with the party ; if yes, lie doomed the fortunes of the party. It was rather a sordid- spectacle'. The Bishop of Canterbury replying to a memorial from nearly 10,000 clericals relating to the Deceased Wife’s Sister’s Bill, informed Viscount Halifax that he was communicating the memorial to the otflier Bishops. He personally tried tb act in the. best way to serve the highest interests of the Church and realm.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2227, 2 November 1907, Page 3
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