SELF-GOVERNMENT FOR IRELAND.
A ST. PATRICK'S DAY RESOLUTION. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Greymouth, March 17. At a largely attended St. Patrick's Day demonstration here, after addresses by the Mayor (Mr. J. D. Lynch), Mr. H. E. Holland, M.P., Rev. Fathers Eecleton (Reefton) and Quinn, S.M. (Greymouth), the following resolution, to be sent to the Prime Minister and members of the Legislature, was enthusiastically carried: "That this meeting of Greymouth citizens, in view of the frequent, emphatic, and solemn declarations of the Imperial authorities and of the Allied Powers to uphold, safeguard, and defend the rights of the small nations, respectfully requests the Parliament of New Zealand to follow the example of the Australian, Canadian, and South African Parliaments and of the American Congress, in affirming the rights of the Irish nation to selfdetermination, that is, the right to control its own Government and to the enjoyment of the same rights and privileges as are possessed by the self-governing dominions of the Empire "
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 March 1919, Page 5
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161SELF-GOVERNMENT FOR IRELAND. Taranaki Daily News, 18 March 1919, Page 5
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