THE BOND OF UNION.
SHOULD BE DRAWN CLOSER. SPEECH BY LORD NORTHCOIE. United P ''Si AsiOCnMnn —ny ..-.icOlrlC Telcßrop Copyright. Received December 3, 9 a m. LONDON, November 30. Lord Northcotr, late Gr.vc-r;:or-General of Australia, speaking at the Devonian dinner, said botii political parties in Britain were (irmly determined that there should b.: drawn closer the bond of union between Great Britain and her overseas possessions. The Colonial Office must rigilly and sedulously abstain from anything in the nature of interference. England, proceeded Lord Northcole, was overcrowded. It was the duty ot the future statesmen to direct the overflow;TpopulatiojTjowarjdjJhe greatlertiiespaces"of Canada, JLAustralia, New Zealand, and South Afric?, which were awaiting development. Upon whom those dominions were peopled the increasing greatness or decline of the Empire might dipend.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9665, 2 December 1909, Page 5
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127THE BOND OF UNION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9665, 2 December 1909, Page 5
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