IRELAND.
TRIBUTE TO SIR JAMES CRAIG. ULSTER’S PREMIER STANDS FOR BRITAIN AND THE EMPIRE. Received August 4, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, August 3. Mr. Chamberlain, in presenting Sir James Craig and wife with gifts of plate from three hundred Commoners in recognition of Sir Jas. Craig's attainment to the Ulster Premiership, said that so far as that Parliament was concerned it would uphold Ulster’s liberty and second to the best of its power Sir Jks. Craig’s every effort in the interests of the peace and prosperity of Ireland, north and south, of whatever class or creed. Lord Birkenhead, referring to the pre-war controversies, declared that there was nothing he then did or said which he would not repeat if the risks to Ulster were repeated. Sir Jas. Craig, replying, said that whatever side others might take or refused ever to take, he would never take any but the side of Great. Britain and the Empire.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18248, 5 August 1921, Page 5
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154IRELAND. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18248, 5 August 1921, Page 5
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