BRITISH POLITICS
THE ELECTION C4MPAIGN.
MR BIRRELL AT BRISTOL,
United Press Association— By Electric Telegarpl) Copyright. Received January 12, 8.5 a.m. LONDON, January 11. The Right Hon. A. Birrell, Chief Secretary ior Ireland, in an address to the electors of Bristol, described an Empire Tariff Reform scheme with preferential treatment for the colonies as sheer madness. It wuuld be rank folly, he declared, to abandon the present policy, which had made the country so prosperous. Mr Birrell favoured disestablishment and disendowment of the English Church. SMALL HOLDINGS. PLANK IN UNIONIST PLATFORM. Received January 12, 8 a.m. LONDON, January 11. Mr A. J. Balfour, Opposition Leader, in a speech at Aberdeen, said that the number of landlords ought to be ereatly increased. Small holdings could not prosper without the stimulus of ownership Referring to tariff reiorm, Mr Balfour declared that the producer might be considered more than the consumer. Money invested abroad was not wasted, added the speaker, but Britain benefited far mofe by production due to British capital employing j British labour.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9689, 13 January 1910, Page 5
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