GRANT TO EARL ROBERTS.
THE VOTE AGREED TO. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. ■ LONDON, August 1. Mr Balfour, in a remarkably felicitous speech, eulogised Earl Roberts’s bold and original strategy, and said that without his courage, foresight and promptitude the country, would have suffered much humiliation and loss of prestige. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman admitted the country’s deep debt of gratitude to Earl Roberts. Mr Dillon and other Nationalists and Mi Labducherc and a few extreme Radicals assailed Earl Roberts. ; The closure was ultimately applied, arid the grant was passed by 281 votes to 73. - Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Sir William Harcourt and all the leading members of the Opposition voted with the Government. The minority consisted of Nationalists and fourteen Radicals. {Received August 2, 11.10 p.m.) LONDON, August 2. The House of Lords concurred in the grant to Earl Roberts, the Marquis.of Salisbury and Earl Spencer eulogising his services.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12570, 3 August 1901, Page 7
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149GRANT TO EARL ROBERTS. Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12570, 3 August 1901, Page 7
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