THE FEDERAL CRISIS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 523, 2 June 1909, Page 7

THE FEDERAL CRISIS.

DISSOLUTION REFUSED. MR. DEAKIN FOftMIMO A MINISTRY. ANNOUNCEMENT TO-DAY. W1 TILEOIIAIMI—I'ttESS ASBOOIA* ICN-Cbn'tllOnT.) Melbourne, Juno 1. Tho Governor-General (thd Earl of Dudley) has refused llio «q«oafe of thd Federal Ministry for a dissolution of Parliament. Mr. Fisher will accordingly tondor his resignation of tho Ministry. (Rec. Juno 1, 8 p.m.) Melbourne, June 1. The Governor-Central has sent for Mr. Doakin. STATEMENT IN THE HOUSE. (Rec. June 2, O.SO n.m.) c/lelbburhe, June 1. When the House mot, Mr. Fisher announced that his request for a dissolution had uCtitt fflfUßcd by thd OoVefnof-GoliOfal) mill' that Mr. Doaklh had boon Sent for^ After a motloii) moved by Mr. Fishor and* secondod by Mr. Doakin, regretting tho death of tho South Australian Premier (Mr. Prleo) had been adopted, tho Ilouso adjourned till to-tnotfoW. Mr. Doakin is engaged in forming ft MiniS' 'try, ahd hopes to bo nblo to announce tho names when tho Houso meets to-morrow. WORk OP SECOND OEAKIN OAfiIMET. In "Nation-Bnlldlng in Australia,", Mr. L. E. Groom, who was Attorney-General in th* second Deal-in Ministry, sets forth tho case for that Administration. , Ho deals, from a De&kinite point of view, with tho wprk begun, completed, or partially advanoed by the "Second Doakin Administration, 1D0WB08"; and there are very few measures or schemes whloh came before the Fedoral Parliament in that eventful period which do not receive treatment at Mr. Groom's hand. Hero aw some of his subjects i— Protection, Progress of Industries, Promotion to tho Workers-defined as based on tho "principle that those manufacturers who were • engaged in protected. industries, and who were safeguarded against competition. with low wages abroad, should pay lair and reasonable rates 'of- remuneration to their workers"—Preferential Trade, Bounties Aeta, the Mall Contract, Northern Territory Agreement/ Immigration'' and White Australia Acts. Agricultural Bureau, the Pensions Act, Uniform Commercial Legislation, liberat scheme for Settling Financial relations with States, the. Imperial Conforenoo of 1007, Mr. Dcakin's Naval and Military Defence Schemes, The Work of Mes3rs. Chapman and Mnuger at the Post Office, Secret Commissions Legislation, and Surplus Revenue Act. '■■'' " ' '■'•■■ ■"• " ■'.•': ■ ;Having given to his own party all tho credit Ittantis Its dne, : Mr. Groom Concludes: '.'The results set out were only-capable of accomplishment ; by the' valuablo co-owration, in both Houses .of other parties with the National, party..'ln the main, the bulk of the Labour party gave a generous support to progressive measures essential to national well being. Maty other members from-time, to time Supported - th«' Administration, thus enabling the vahw able statutes briefly outlined above' to become '■: \w" ! v ' ; '- -;;. ■; '■''' ■"'•, :