IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
AUSTRALIA'S EFFRONTERY. AN UNTENABLE POSITION. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. Sydney, July 9. At the annual meeting of the Pastoral- : ists' Union of New South Wales Mr. W. E. Abbott, the president, referring to the question of Imperial defence, said, '' With all the effrontery of ihe sturdy ~ beggar, who at the same time i. half beggar, half bully, and all » coward, our Prime Minister, who was fleeted to represent- Australia/ by virtue, of our munificent contribution of a shilling a hesd per annum, claims the right to say where the ships of the British navy shall* be placed in case of war, and threatens withdrawal of our contribution if his demand* are not complied with. The position is untenable, and when the British taxpayer realises how he , is ' being used- find flouted the result will-be disastrous to us or to those coming after us. - ■ ■■■ ■- -■ • ■•■•■- •
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13798, 10 July 1908, Page 5
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