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Grey River Argus, 17 December 1904, Page 3

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(per press association-? ; •[by electric telegrafh— copyright J : LONDON, December 13. ] Louis Preswick's "Life of Chamber- ; lain' has been published. It includes < a letter of George Reid's describing his '. opinion on preference. While disagree- I ing with Mr Chamberlain, be admits the grand objects in view. Tho Westminster Gazette says that if Me Watson voices j Australian opinion, preference is idle ( talk. ] Forster ,in a letter to tho Times, deal- < ing with General Hamilton's letter on • the army, states that both in men and material the British army reaches the extreme of quality in good and bad, and Hamilton often led the very best in the army. The Times, in a long article on tho Treasury refusal to find money for the non- quick-firers, except for India, be- ( cause India will pay more over it, asserts ( that, the new War Office discussed the se- i lection of the guns for nine months before finally revertinng to tho decision arrived ( «t by Major-Genera I Marshall's Commis- ' sion of Enquiry, and hoped that in India 21 batteries would be ready by 1906. ] It would be impossible, adds the article, j if work was begun in April to arm the ( Motherland and colonies by 1907. Meanwhile we arc not secure. NEW YORK, December 15. Rockfollor's Christmas gift to the Chicago University is half a million sterling for a School of Engineering.