AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 July 1923, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION. THE (OOGEE MURDER. (Received this day at 11.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 111. The. accused in the trunk tragedy ease were further remanded till the 13th August. Alfred Heaydon was also charged with withholding from the police the knowledge implicating Nurse Hughes in tho murder of Mrs Heaydon. The new charge will he heard on the 3th °l August.

FEDERAL POLITICS. MELBOURNE, July 31. 11l the House of Representatives the debate on Mr Bruce’s Imperial Conference address was resumed hv Mr llugh.es who contended that. Australia had gone far enough in common with the foreign and defence policy. He protested against the closing of Parliament during the absence of Mr Bruce. Mr Hughes’ speech was cheered by the Labour Party and this is interpreted in some quarters as the first instalment of tile breaking'up ol relationships in the .Ministry, especially as Hie e-x-Primo Minister refuses to attend Nationalist Party meetings.

AIR. HUGHES ON AUSTRALIA’S • FOREIGN POLICY.

(Received tin’s day at 11.15 a.m.) MELBOURNE. July 31.

In tin* Mouse of 'Representatives Mr Hughes declared that Australia’s participation in Imperial Adairs was limited hy her remoteness and only hy improved communication so that Downing Street could consult daily with Melbourne. New Zealand, Montreal, and South Africa and they with each other, would there he a complete participation in the foreign policy. lit l was opposed to the appointment of a resident .Minister in Britain because if he remained long in England lie would he affected hy the very exceptional environment, and il his stay were brie! his work would Tie useless because ol the complexity of the problems to he grasped. Mr Hughes added that Australia must, he governed from here and not from anywhere else, That was a \ital point. Regarding defence lie declared that flic Singapore base was essential, hut he dissented from the idea that Australia was paying more lor delenee than other dominions. Referring to the late Turkish crisis he regretted that communications between himself and Mr Lloyd George thereon could not lie published. I hey would fully explain the circumstances that resulted in Australia being saved onlv bv a miracle from being drawn into the gulf of war. Similar circumstances might arise at any time, hut i„. did not agree with the remedies proposed hy Mr Bruce. He did not think the proposed Australian Secretariat at the Foreign Office would commend itself to the Foreign Office MV Mindies said Hie Mouse should 1-now Mr‘Bruce’s attitude towards the French occupation of the Ruhr. Australia's share in the reparations was sixty millions and it should lie paid in golii. How much did Mr Bruce t.unk Oertnanv should pay? Stressing the importance ol naval defence Mr Hughes declared that he believed that if Australia were m trouble we could look to America tor help. Lm if a hostile navy, whose base was neai- .... tlmii America, reached mu Hunts before the American Fleet, then Us lie In would be too late Messrs Makin and Laz/an.i. (l abourites) spoke against the oml.ro,ling of Australia in the aifficult.es „.ul dancers of impersonation.