Prorogation
THE KING'S SPEECH. ANXIETIES AT HOME AND ABROAD. (Received 17, 2.5 p.m.) London, Nov. 16. The King’s prorogation speech regrets the failure to secure the assent of the French Government to the proposals for the appointment of a reparations commission of inquiry, and regards with profound anxiety the continuance of the present economic conditions in Europe. “The serious situation developing in Germany is engaging the closest and most earnest attention of my Government. The Imperial Conferences were marked with great cordiality and goodwill. Particular attention was devoted to promotion of trade and settlement in the Empire, on which the well-being of my people at home and overseas rests.” | The speech expresses deep anxiety at the position of’agriculture and conI tinned unemployment. j “My ministers are convinced that unless measures safeguarding and developing the home market are adopted no permanent improvement in the situation may be expected.”—
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 285, 17 November 1923, Page 6
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