MR JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN
HIS RETIREMENT CERTAIN". WIDESPREAD REGRET. {Pf ~ 7 A VSOOIATION. —CoPiniQHT.) (Received Jan. 8, 12.10 p.m.) LONDON, Jan, 7. - Mr Joseph Chamberlain, in a letter to his constituents, says that he cannot hope ajrain to do Parliamentary work. The constituency needs a younger man. The announcement \yas received the greatest possible regret in all" irrespective - of party.'' Mr Chajiiberlain's health is not worse, though 'he shortly departs for tjbe Riviera. • His '"'son, Neville, is likely to be his successor. His son Austen is also suggested. Unionist, papers pay tribute to Mr Chamberlain s wide Imperial outlook, and his unflinching courage. The Liberal organs grudgingly testify to the country's loss of a great political figure.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 8 January 1914, Page 5
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