THE REORT SARCASTIC
~ THE ARGUS AND MR HUGHES. k (Re'ceßcil lO.a'a.lh.) ~.. / .Sydpey, 2s. Mr, Hughes (•Attorney-General), referring to, .the. Argus' incide'pt and the provisions'of the "Electoral Act in!ro- . gat'd to political contributions being signed, said:, “It was,, a really '.good '?' fdkeV'Btft’ the Argus must not think that it has a monopoly of jocular matters of "this kind.'To show how I appreciate a genuine joke, and recognise the responsibilities of the office, ‘‘l will take steps to put the Act in operation against the Argus for the same 3ay in the same issue pul)lishing an unsigned article commenting on electoral matters. On the whole, my joke seems better than its own.”
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 94, 28 April 1913, Page 6
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110THE REORT SARCASTIC Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 94, 28 April 1913, Page 6
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