The Premier in Timaru
— » — — . Per United Press Association. TiMARU, Jan. 30. The Premier, who is on a short visit to Tiuiaru, was the guest of the Mayor and Borough Council at dinner last night and i U the course of some remarks d,welt on the importance of a preferential tariff as tJie final result of the loss of British trade to foreigners must 1m the loss of naval supremacy. This was his reason for proposing the measure. Canada had given preference to the Mother Country ; N.z. to the whole Empire. When this lead was followed all round there would be some hope that through reciprocal treaties universal free trade would be obtained. Ho explained Rnd justified! his protest against the introduction, of Chinese to the Transvaal ttß adding another social difficulty to the Imperial question. He announced that the new education syllabus would be considered by th* inspectors, then by a joint committee of inspectors and the Teachers' Institute, and the result should be the most per« feet syllabus south of the Equator.
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Southland Times, Issue 19265, 1 February 1904, Page 2
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173The Premier in Timaru Southland Times, Issue 19265, 1 February 1904, Page 2
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