MR WATT
PAUSE OF THE RESIGNATION. THE PREMIER’S SKt'RKTI VKNKSS. (By Telegraph. Pro?.? A-.-n. Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, June 12. The New? of the World state? that Mr Watt'? resignation was due to the discovery that Mr Hughes had not communicated to him the contents of cablegrams between Mr Hughes and trie Imperial Government regarding WlMll. STATEMENT BY MR HUGHES. THE R ESIGNATION I’N JUSTIFIABLE. MELBOURNE. June 15. ( Received June La, ill." pm. ■ Mr Hughe? state? that Mr Watt'? i.-sicna-lion is unjustifiable, ami place'! ilv Government ia an embarrassing position, as it is impossible to send another Minister to London lit time to replace h.tti. Mr Hughes charges Mr Wait with abandoning Australia, and reaffirms the statement. that the resignation appeared in the pres,- before he received it.
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Southland Times, Issue 18850, 16 June 1920, Page 5
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131MR WATT Southland Times, Issue 18850, 16 June 1920, Page 5
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