A DISCLAIMER.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9341, 9 January 1909, Page 5

A DISCLAIMER.

EARL CREWE MISREPRESENTED.

Per Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph,—Copyright. London, January 8.

Earl Crewe denies the accuracy of Mr O’Connor’s statement and states that it does not represent his opinions.

(Earl Crewe, in the course of an interview with Mr D. O’Connor, of Sydney, last November, was alleged to have expressed his surprise that Australia lagged behind Canada, South Africa, and New Zealand in encouraging immigration. He had pleaded for the appointment of a High Commissioner for the Commonwealth, and more than once had urged that the early selection of a well-informed representative would be both highly useful to the Colonial Office and highly beneficial to the Commonwealth.)