FEDERAL POLITICS
CABINET DISCUSSING THE SITUATION j GOVERNMENT EXPECTED TO ; RESIGN | Melbourne, January 3. A protracted Cabinet meeting is in progress, discussing tlieT situatiou aris- ; ing from tho defeat of the referendum and the question of leadership. Sir John Forrest has declined to accept tlio decision of the rest of his colleagues I to stand or fall together on the result of the referendum, holding that tliej are not bound by such a pledge. 1 Possibly finality will be reached to- t■■ day. It is anticipated that the Government will anno,unco its decision to re- j sign and leave the National Party to • . take what action it desires. Probably ! the party will ask the Government to ; continue in office, and a reconstruction ■ will follow—Prcsß Assn. " 1
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 86, 4 January 1918, Page 5
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126FEDERAL POLITICS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 86, 4 January 1918, Page 5
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