MR. WILL CROOKS M. P.
INTERVIEWED AT INVERCARGILL
rpiiu Prebb Association.! INVERCARGILL, Dec. 6. Mr Will* Crooks, M.P., interviewed ,by the “Southland Times” Wesentative on the. way to catch boat at the Bhiff, said that he woiild be back in-time for the British elee-. tions, and would be in the thick or the fight. He dioppd to reach. Home by January 10th. At the earliest tli polling in the boroughs would not begin until the 13th, and the British elections were spread over six weeks. Whatever was the result of the coming elections, he said he did mot think there had been for 200 years or more such a chance for the people. He declared: the House of Lords was irresponsible and this last act marked the end of their power.' It was the merest rubbish to talk of their Rights as a revising Chamber.' They had violated that principle time after time. T» they beat us at this election,” he added, “then representative government ceases to exist; all your democraticsentiments go by the board.” /
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2678, 7 December 1909, Page 5
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175MR. WILL CROOKS M. P. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2678, 7 December 1909, Page 5
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