FEDERAL POLITICS
MEETING OF NATIONAL PARTY j I VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN MR, ! HUGHES | Melbourne, January 4. I After a protracted discussion, the. Nationalist Party carried by sixty-three j votes to two a motion, "That the party expresses continued confidence in Mr. Hughes, and considers that in tho best interests of tho country Mr. Hughes \ should retain the leadership of the • party." ', i Interviewed later. Mr. Hughes was , .reticent, but said that all tho meeting j had done was to discuss the position, j which was just where tho resolution | leaves it. Sir John Forrest was absent when the motion was taken, but-it'.is'-under-stood that he would havo- voted in favour of it. ' * . . Further developments are anticipated to-day, when Mr. Hughes will formally resign and form a new Ministry.— Press Assn. > MR. HUGHES PRESSED TO RESIGN' (Rec. January 4, 11.45 p.m.) Melbourne, January 4. Tho political situation has materially changed. A largo, s.ection of the caucus i 6 strongly pressing Mr. Hughes to rosign, and let another Ministry be formed from the National Party, or, in tho alternative, have Mr. F. Tudor, leader of the "official" Labour Party,' sent for.—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 87, 5 January 1918, Page 7
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190FEDERAL POLITICS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 87, 5 January 1918, Page 7
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