THE COLONIAL CONFERENCE.
REASONS FOR POSTPONEMENT. Received U, 10.l t p.m. London, December I t. The Right Hon. A. Lyttelton, late Colonial Secretary, assured the Agent General that he only suggested the postponement. of the Colonial Conference because ho learned that Australia and New Ze.iland would not be represented if the Conference met later than April, and that he was awi\ro that on November 2'.lth the Government meant to resign, which would not leave their successors time to mate the nccessarJ arrangements. He explained that the proposal for an Imperial Council would in no sense be an alternative for Mr Chamberlain's preferential tariff. .
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8004, 15 December 1905, Page 2
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103THE COLONIAL CONFERENCE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8004, 15 December 1905, Page 2
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