SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTE ON PROTECTION.
On the 4th of April a Conservat ; ve Working Men's Constitutional Club was
opened in Ycovil. At the luncheon Colonel Povet read a letter which had been received from Sir Stafford Northcote, who referring to thech- ap loaf, said : '• It ia worth while to remind the people that it was not given by the Liberals, but by a Conservative Ministry, ot which Sir Robert Peel was the chief. As regards the future, I am distinctly of opinion that the return to a protective duty on corn would be impossible, and that the idea that a Conservative government would attempt to impose one i«groundlei9. "
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North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3973, 5 June 1885, Page 4
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