PARTY FUNDS
WHO OWNS THEM NOW? A. PECULIAR POSITION. Australian N.Z. Cable fissoniwHcn LONDON, January 17. The “Daily Mail” says a remarkable situation, which may develop in a legal action, has arisen in regard to the control of the Conservative Party lands. Lord Farquhar, one of three trustees in whose control the funds are vested, has refused to consent to their use by Mr Bonar Law’s party. He takes the view that he is trustee on behalf of the party of which Mr Austen Chamberlain was the leader.- As Mr Chamberlain to not the leader of the present party, the trustee declines to part with any of the money. The money is at present required to meet the expenditure on the recent elections. It will he . remembered that when the new Parliament met, Mr Chamberlain counselled his followers to support Mr Bonar Law, though he expressed hia belief that. coalition with the Liberals would ultimately he ne"wssary.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11422, 19 January 1923, Page 8
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157PARTY FUNDS New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11422, 19 January 1923, Page 8
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