BRITISH POLITICS,
TARIFF QUESTIONS. United Press . Assooiation-By Electric Telegraph—ICopyright. 1 Copyright. London, March 15. Mr Churchill, writing to the Times, says his speech at Manchester on June 15th, 1904, contains Ins views on retaliation. He concluded : “The Tory policy of retaliation is merely a convenient verbal cover for the much larger policy of real protection lying behind. Mr Joseph Chamberlain congratulated the Tariff Reform executive that Mr Balfour had for the first time acknowledged that the League was of service. . The Standard states that Ministerial Free Traders are endeavouring to persuade Mr Churchill to cono nr e a commercial treaty with France on the basis of the mitigation of the proposed tariff in return for Britain . promising thatfno fresh duties shall he made on French imports for five years. WORK FOR THE UNEMPLOYED. Received March 16, 8.30 a.m. London, March 15.
Since August Mr John Burns has authorised 5t9 loans amounting to £3,708,660 for unemployment works.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9395, 16 March 1909, Page 5
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