PRIME MINISTER INTERVIEWED.
rHE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTIONS; - „ LONDON, January-!. Sir H. Campb^ll-Bannerman, who still Jfcfqks -wan and strained, though consider-
ably better, was interviewed while at Biarritz. He said that he did not despair of- being able to solve the education problem, though acknowledging that it was a supremely difficult task. The Government had made substantial reductions in the national expenditure, and the nation must trust- the . Government to do its "best in the same direction. He was- confident that several' years' effective work could be accomplished before the present Parliament would be dissolved by effluxion of time. The Premier went on to say that the only valid _ objection that he had so far he.»rd to the - Ministerial scheme ' for the reform 6f the House of Lords was its excessively modest and moderate character. It was- intended to make real . progress next session with land reform-, and the new Licensing Bill that was to' be in^jjo- 1 duced would recognise tfi© njain principles advocated by. the, tJfiited . Kingdom Alliance.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 28
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168PRIME MINISTER INTERVIEWED. Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 28
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