THE NAVAL SITUATION.
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THE NEW ZEALAND OFFER. LONDON, Saturday Mr Balfour, Leader of the Opposi tion, in a letter, expluns that the vote of censure is the only courso open to him, as by tho rules of debate it is only possible to move a reduction of the estimates _. Colonel Seely, Undor Secretary for the Colonies, speaking at a politi cal^ meeting, ""eajd New Zealand's < splendid offer waß unparalleled iq his flory. Th© Australian States "* and other colonies were following the Dominion's example, tha; showing their _tagernesg ito assisf the Motherland, af Sir Gilbert Parket, M P., at Mus •well Hill, said the Government's re ply to New Zealand's offer was cither a wilful misconception or a blind de prcciation of its bonefits. The offer was an especially magnificent demon Btration. of the growing sense in the colomes of then rubral .obligation to share the~responsibihties of Empire. , The reply contained the same elements of quibble as the Government had shown in. relation to the four Dread noughts, *
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 29 March 1909, Page 3
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170THE NAVAL SITUATION. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 29 March 1909, Page 3
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