TARIFF REFORM.
1 FOOD TAX PROBLEM. I MR. BONAR LAW'S ATTITUDE. '. WILL RESIGN RATHER THAN i MODIFY VIEWS. ■ By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. ; ':;-. London, December 31. . b The Unionist leaders in the House of Commons have' conferred on the tariff reform question, but it is ' understood tha£ they .decline to make a declaration in favour of a " food tax. policy, which alone, is re- , garded as likely to secure the largest [ support among Unionists. . t A well-informed correspondent of ; the Pall Mall Gazette declares that , if the Unionists attempt to press Mr. , Bonar Law to modify the views expressed in his • recent speech , at Ashton-under-Lyne (Lancashire), . it is absolutely certain, that he will resign the leadership. i The correspondent adds that the unity >of the party under any other leader in the present circumstances is impossible.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15190, 2 January 1913, Page 5
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134TARIFF REFORM. New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15190, 2 January 1913, Page 5
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