IMPERIAL POLITICS
THE UNIONIST POLICY. Press Association —By Tel.—Copyright. Received 12.25 a.m., Feb. Bth. LONDON, Feb. 7. ! Mr Balfour, speaking at the Constii tutional Club banquet to new Unionist ! Commoners, repeated his pledge that I tariff reform would not be enforced without being first submitted to the 1 people. The referendum ought to be , a permanent part of the Constitution, not only for dealing with grave differences between the two Houses, but for settling certain other questions. But the referendum would be improper machinery for dealing with ordinary Budgets. The Unionists, ho said, not less strongly favoured preference to the colonies because of the Canadian and United States agreement.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14363, 8 February 1911, Page 5
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109IMPERIAL POLITICS Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14363, 8 February 1911, Page 5
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