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WITHDRAWAL OF SUGAR CON I VENTION CRITICISED bf UNIONISTS. (Received Last Night, 10.-iO o'clock > LONDON, August 2. Unionist mem/beirs in the House of Commons protested l again&t the suddenness of the announcement in regal'd to the withdrawal' of the Sitgar Convention.
The - Rtiglht Hon. H. H. Asquith consented to igive a day in wihich. to discuss the (situation.
Hie Moraing Post says thlit there is one point upon which members on bot'h sides in the 1 (Abies 'are agree:l, namely, that tihe Manchester election is closely connected with tilie Government's decisidn. Hie Unionists, whii'e deploring the decision, emphasised ,thq fact that tho was to enable the tariff refotnn Goveaumient to give preference to the West Indies."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10685, 3 August 1912, Page 5
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126BRITISH POLITICS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10685, 3 August 1912, Page 5
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