FEDERAL POLITICS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 138, 6 March 1920, Page 7

FEDERAL POLITICS

MR. HUGHES REPLIES TO VOTE OF CENSURE .

LABOUR PARTY'S POLICY

REPUDIATED

(By Telegraph-Press Associatlon-Copyricht Melbourne, March 5. In the House of Representatives Mr. Husrhcs made a spirited reply to the vote of censure, and Mr. Tudor's attack on the Government administration. He concluded by .saying that the Government was challenged by a. party which came from the people dishevelled and diswhose' policy had been tleliberatelv and unreservedly repudiated by the DeoDlo. and had • therefore no right to challenge the Government. He demanded an opportunity to give effect to .the Government's fully .endorsed policy.— Press Assn.

NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION- " DEFEATED. . " ■ fflcc. March 5, ,10.10 p.m.) Melbourne, March 5. Mr. Tudor's no-confidence motion was defeated—Press Assn. ' MR. WATT GWtO ENGLAND TO DEAL WITH WAP, DEBT. ; Molbourne, March 5. In the House of Representatives, Mr. W. M. Huklios announced that Mr. W. A. Watt (Federal .Treasurer) was. going to Emrland to deal with the debt of <£38,875,000 for which the. Wnr Oflice was pressing for early repayment. He would also represent the Commonwealth in. the Imperial Cabinet in connection with the German indemnity. and the ..mandate for the Pacific Islands.—Press Assn.