IMPERIAL POLITICS.
| SAVING MONEY. I'icM AssocwtJoii-By Telegiaph-Copyright LONDON, Feb. 28. Mr Joseph Pease, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, ' speaking at Birmingham, said that Ministers were in perfect' agreement regarding the policy and expenditure tor the coining year.' In three years they had saved nearly £3,000,000 in armaments. Surely a Government showing .such a disposition to economise could be trusted, while caring tar the nation's interests, to saicguard the country and adhcic to the traditional policy of the party. The Liberals arc perturbed by Mr Thomas Gibson Bowles, their candidate for Central Glasgow, putting Hom-> Rule before the fiscal question. ' He has secured officially a heavy Irish .vote. , , , DEFENCE QUESTIONS. LONDON, Feb. 28. Mr Haldanc, sneaking at Brighton, detailed the general stair's system. The defence of Britain, he said, was as iar ahead of recent iilans as a motor is ahead ot the horse carriage. If the colonies adhered to homogenous methods, rapid concerted action would be a deterrent to foreign aggression. - The Army estimates show a decrease of £24,000, and a' reduction of 1800 men on the ,establishment. Mr Haldanc, Secretary of State for War', : i> a memorandum states that the re crmting of regulars is remarkably brisk. i ~~ ~ '
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13842, 2 March 1909, Page 5
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