FEDERAL PARLIAMENT'S LOYAL MOTION

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 169, 6 April 1918, Page 9

FEDERAL PARLIAMENT'S LOYAL MOTION

OPPOSITION OF LABOUR MEMBERS. Melbourne, April 5. In the House of Representatives Mr. Brenrian, in refusing to support a ,mo-., tion by_ Mr. Hughes, Federal Premier, expressing determination to fight -until peace is obtained, said he -would not consent to concur in further expressions of the Ministry in regard to what was called a victorious peace. It was time now to direct our efforts towards ending the war. No longer should we stain civilisation with the blood of our fellow-men. Other Labour members spoke against the motion. Mr. Finlayson emphasised that I 'the most unjust peace was better than the most righteous war. The motion was carried. The Senate carried a similar'motion, Senator Gardiner stating that the Labour Party was with the Government in any proposal to help the men at the front.—Press Assn. VICTORIAN CHIEF JUSTICE SIR WILLIAM IRVINE APPOINTED . Melbourne, April 5. Sir William Irvine has been appointed Chief Justice of Victoria.—Press Assn. [Sir William Irvine is.one of the leaders of the Australian Liberal Party, -•and is- 60 years of age. A native of Newry, County Down, Ireland, lie \v;i; educated" at the Royal School, Armagh;' Trinity College, Dublin (8.A., prizes for modern history and Italian); and tho University of Melbourne (M. A., LL.M.). He has been in- Australia ever since 1879. For i some time ho was a teacher at the Gee- ■ long Collego, but in 1884 he was called [ to the Victorian Bar. In 1894 he entered tho Victorian Parliament as representative of Lowan, and during the succeeding twelve years several times held office, including that of Premier (Juno. 1902, to February, 1904). It was during his Premiership that the big Victorian railway strike occurred, and the -firm and determined manner in which bo handled that crisis made his ; reputation as an administrator. Ho ■ retired from the Premiership in 1904. ; and visited the United Kingdom, and tho. degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by the University of Dublin at the request of tho graduate, l ?, of [ Trinity College resident in Victoria. ■ Sir William was elected to the Houso of Representatives in Decembor. ■ 1906. and held the office of Attorney-General in the Cook Administration. A leader of the Australian Bar, a sound consti- ' tutional authority, and a prominent fac- ' tor in the counsels of the Liberal Party, 1 Sir William Irvine is a keen, incisive, ' and logical speaker, and ranks amongst Australia's foremost citizons. He was conspicuous in tho Australian conscription fights for liis_ uncompromising advocacy of compulsion.]