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LABOUR PARTY AND FEDERAL PREMIER.

NEW ZEALAND'S DREADtfOTrQHT* I A ME^Q?tIAI/ OP SHANKS. THE SUPPOSED AUSTRALIAN OFFER. United Press Association—By Eteetria ;-. Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 2. A meeting of th& Labour Party r*> sd(ved to congratulate Mr Fifcber, the: F,ederalPremier, for dscliaiiag-jfco b© f, .

party to a pamc engineer*** *ur tH«*v»»»* purposes. The "Morning Poet," commenting > on the resolution, says that the Labourites are smarting under the severe cm* tigation *t Croydon. The resolution display* extraordinary ignor- \ .anqoof the motives actuating the Comr ; mdnwealtli GovernmJent, and Australia will doubtless attach the' same import- *> ance to it as to pro-Boer rapourings. Three hundred and fifty members of the Hbuee of jCommons signed a memorial of thanks to New Ze&latfd. THie "^iines" correspondent at Syd- V. ney cables that tiereL seems tob© a visr take as to the supposed New Sou^x Wales and Victorian offer of a Dreadnought. None was made. He adds : "The nearest approach is the New South Wales suggestion that, if the Commonwealth offers a ship, New South , Wales will pay her shareEnglish speeches and comments were ; baaed on a Renter's telegram on Mar<Sk 30 definitely announcing that Mr Wad» ( and Mr Murray had decided to offer a Dreadnought, and ask. other States to 00-operate.

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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9508, 3 April 1909, Page 7

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LABOUR PARTY AND FEDERAL PREMIER. Star (Christchurch), Issue 9508, 3 April 1909, Page 7

LABOUR PARTY AND FEDERAL PREMIER. Star (Christchurch), Issue 9508, 3 April 1909, Page 7