"ARTHUR" BALFOUR, PRIME MINISTER.
Mr Ba'four i-:. perhaps, the first Primo Minister of England to be "Arthured" by his Under Secretaries. O:io cannot conceive th::fc aiSceretary could have rddrcsscd Mr Gisid>.tona as "William." Yet Mr Bsliour doe*: not appear to lo'^c in dignity The habit of this kimi of fami.'iiu-ity is. of course, common in Australia,, and it id said to bo growing in «tiff and! formal England. There is a story abr.ufc a eoV.e.-iarno t>f ~\tr I'alfoiir \\-ho, alter dclivcrinft- a"~cavefullv prepared speech on tlio complicated question of rating, sati tTov.ii, mopping'1 his Olymi;:n bro^r, and asked : "How did I do, Arthur'/" "Splendidly, Harry, splendidly." "Did you understand it, Arthur?" "Xofc a word, Hany, not a word.'
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 75, 8 May 1903, Page 3
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118"ARTHUR" BALFOUR, PRIME MINISTER. Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 75, 8 May 1903, Page 3
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