SIR E. J. REED'S VIEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 7873, 7 January 1904, Page 3

SIR E. J. REED'S VIEWS.

Received 7, 9.56 a.m. LONDON, January 6. Sir E. J. Reed, member for Cardiff, has issued a manifesto to his constituents in which he states he -would not seek reelection on account of his age and health. He also presumes his fiscal views would not be acceptable to me bulk of his supporters. He had long since been unable to understand the reasons for - destroying industries for the sake of buying a trifle cheaper than others who are excluding us ; from the world's markets. It would be j perilous to continue the present system without examination, and also perilous and ungracious to resist such an improvement in the trading system as would encourage the colonies to identify themselves more and more with the Motherland.