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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 17, 26 October 1910, Page 37

A characteristic story is going the rounds of a pleasant encounter between Mr. Balfour (Leader of the Opposition in the British Parliament) ami an enterprising journalist. It was at a private dinner party, attended by many distin guished members of the Unionist party and well-known journalists. One of the latter at a late hour, towards the close of the after-dinner amenities, ventured to ask Mr. Balfour very demurely, apropos the political outlook: "Ami what do you really think is going to happen, Mr. Balfour?" Mr. Balfour smiled ever so sweetly, glanced at his watch, ami replied in the most agreeable manner imaginable: “1 think one thing that is going to happen is that 1 am going to bed.”