SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER.
CRITICAL TIME IN PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS. THE LICENSING BILL. GOVERNMENT DETERMINED. Received May 1, 10.30 p.m. LONDON, May 1. Addressing a meeting of the Liberal Party, the Hon. H. H. Asquith expressed his warm gratitude at the confidence reposed in him. He attached little importance to the Liberal reverses at the recent byelections. He admitted, however, that the present was a critical time in .Parliamentary affairs, and it was still necessary to defend Freetrade. He hoped an education concordat would be possible, but the Liberals were unable to abandon either their principles or friends. Though the Licensing Bill had met with an?unprecedented storm of misrepresentation and vituperation, nothing the Liberals had done for years had given them a more real foothold among intelligent people. The Government were determined rather to sink in attempting to solve the problem than not to attempt to solve it.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9080, 2 May 1908, Page 5
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148SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9080, 2 May 1908, Page 5
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