FEDERAL POLITICS
OPPOSITION FACTIONS. j (Australian Press CANBERRA, April 15. The Nationalist Party in the Fed- j ei-al Parliament have t a ken steps to ; organise a United Opposition, and j letters have been sent to doctor Earl | Page. (Leader of the Country Party), j and Mr Lyons, inquiring whether, m ; view of the present national emerg- j enoy, they are prepared to agree to ; the formation of a single Opposition j Party acting on a common policy im- j der a single leader. j NO NATIONAL CANDIDATE. | PROTEST AGAINST ELECTION DAY SYDNEY. April 10. The Secretary of the National Party has announced that- 'no INational'st . candidate will contest Annandnlc bye-j election. The party wishes to register j an actual protest against the holding; of the election on Anzac Day. | In the war being waged between j Theodore and Lang factions, it appears; that Labour la-agues will support Lang. Those which replied to the oitc.ulnir letter demanding allegiance to Theodore have in the main been defiant. COMBINING FORCES. (Received 0.5 a.in.) CANBERRA. April Hi. The efforts to hand the Opposition forces into one organisation are. practically assured of success. Nationalists unanimously favoured union with the other parties under one leader, and Hughes and Maxwell (Independents) also signified their readiness to support the movement. The Country Party will discuss the matter at a meeting to-morrow.
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