THE DREADNOUGHT OFFER.
PRIME MINISTER TAKEN TO TASK.
CONDEMNED BY HIS OWN ELEC
TORATE
CENSURE AND FORFEITURE OF
CONFIDENCE
:Bu Telegraph—Press Association.!
INVEKC\RGILL, Last Night
At a meeting at Waikiwi, convened by Mr W. A. Morris, who opposed Sir Joseph Ward for the Awarua electorate, it was resolved that: —"In tho opiniou of this meeting of Awarua electors the action of Sir Joseph Ward and his Government iv making an unconditional and absolute offer of a, battleship to the British Government, without the authority of Parliament, merits severe censure aud forfeiture of the people's confidence in Sir Joseph Ward aud his Government."
The speakers affirmed tho need of maintaining naval supremacy but condemned the unconstitutional method of making the offer.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LX, Issue 9344, 15 April 1909, Page 5
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