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BANQUET TO THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

(Per Electric Telegraph—OoPYßionr.) (Pbr Press Association.) 1 t (Received 12.45 p.m., April 12th.) e London, April 11. * Three hundred leading city men gave a banquet to Mr W. H. Smith, Lst night. c In the course of his speech in reply to the 1 toast of the evening the leader of the * House of Commons said that he felt con- , fident that the cause of the Union would H be triumphant if tho merchants, bankers, and manufacturers supported it. He c declared that the obstructionists in the 1 House of Commons were trying to exhaust * ° £ the physical strength of the Ministers. { Mr Balfour, the Irish Secretary, also 1 spoke during tho evening and taunted f the leaders of the Opposition with being j impotent to control their followers below v the gangway. ®

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South Canterbury Times, Issue 4980, 12 April 1889, Page 3

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BANQUET TO THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. South Canterbury Times, Issue 4980, 12 April 1889, Page 3

BANQUET TO THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. South Canterbury Times, Issue 4980, 12 April 1889, Page 3