NEWFOUNDLAND'S GRIEVANCE.
MR CHAMBERLAIN'S HOPE. STATEMENT BY SIR ROBERT BOND. United Preis Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, June fi. Mr Chamberlain, in a letter to mc organisers of the dinner to Sir Robert Bond, Premier of Newfoundland, said:—"l trust the difficulties in connection with the fisheries question will be satisfactorily arranged, ami that this will be a prelude to that union with the groit Dominion of the West which, I believe, will ultimately ue found most conducive to the permanent welfare of Newfoundland." Sir Robert Bond remarked that the union of Newfoundland and was at presomt neither desirable nor within the sphere of practical politics. Bad tho precis of the Imperial Conference been more adequate, what occurred thereat in relation to Newfoundland; would not have been misrepresented in the Press. He regretted the Blue Boolwithheld the Conference's discussion following his statement, on the ground that it was private.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12825, 8 June 1907, Page 9
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