MR. FISHER'S CENSURE MOTION.
DEBATE IN FEDERAL PARtIAIENI
DUEL BETWEEN THE,LEADERS
By Telei;ra>pli-Pr<:Es Aewciatiba-C-apjlight Melbourne, April 17. Mr. Andrew Fisher (Leader of the Labour Party in tho Federal House), in moving his censure motion, accusing members of the Government of slander* ing the forn»r Labour Government and tlie people by stating that tlw rails sliOnjd havfl been cleansed before tho election. Referring to ttio trans-Con-tmontal railway, lie declared that tho Government had let one contract Withoirt calling for tenders. .He bkimd tho Oovefn.ni-ent for reverting to the contract system instead of the tky laoflur system, and afcoli&Mflg preference to unionists.
,Mr. Cook, the Prrflie Minister, ridiculed the feebleness of the charges nrndo, but agreed to take tlje amendment as a serious motion of censure. (E'Se. April 18, 8.5 p.m.) Melbourne, April 18. Mr. Obok, en taking up the censuredebate, eJaimed that-Mr. HeliftaH (fjw rtiier of New South Wales) wanted to wash his hands of industrial legislation vifym ho found that it tad failed. Mr. Cook did not admit failure, Instead, lio efoiniei the credit for tho appoint* ment of tho Arbitration Court, and for tho award in the waterside workers' case.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2126, 18 April 1914, Page 5
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191MR. FISHER'S CENSURE MOTION. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2126, 18 April 1914, Page 5
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