FIFTY-FIVE PER CENT MAJORITY.
CHRISTCHURCH,' Monday. Referring to the telegram from Mr Wright,' M.P., denying that the temperance party in Wellington'had any knowledge of Sir Joseph Ward's alleged offer to make the 55 per cent, majority a vital issue, Mr L. M. Isitt explains that he did not state that the, Prime Minister offered to stake the existence of the Government on' the 55 per cent. What he did say was that Sir Joseph Ward declared to members of the Prohibition party, that if they insisted lio was prepared to fulfill his promise, and include the reduction of the majority as a provision of the Bill, however impossible it might bo to carry it at that juncture.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10182, 7 March 1911, Page 5
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117FIFTY-FIVE PER CENT MAJORITY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10182, 7 March 1911, Page 5
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