COMBINES IN AUSTRALIA.
Sydney, March 17Mr W. M. Hughes, Federal Attorney-General, advocating the need for powers asked in the referenda, said that when he assumed office he found thirtythree combines which had cornered the market and acting otherwise than for the benefit of the public. The Government wanted power to hit these trusts whenever they saw them. Mr Hughes made a bitter attack on Mr Holman for his lukewarm attitude on the referenda.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 968, 18 March 1911, Page 3
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73COMBINES IN AUSTRALIA. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 968, 18 March 1911, Page 3
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