AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3528, 15 July 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

—--——:o:--—-SCENE IN THE FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

UNRULY \VQMEN ATTACK MR HUGHES.

MELBOURNE, July 14.

Au extlj:Lo'l'dill:i.r),' scene occurl'ed in lthc House of Rvopz-eselxt:ativ<3s after M3l’ Hughes had refused to hf?-iscuss The Father Jcrger case. Mr Tudor attem_p‘r.oCx to move a c.cnsul'o motion, but before be commenced a woman in the gallery shouted loudly at .\l-‘r Hughes I‘egzlrding his trea.tnlont of Fa.thCl'J_Cl'gar, and then throw into the Chamber :1. bundle of literature on the subject. This was the signal for conccl";ed action on the pul't of other women in the gallery, who screamed, “Why don’t you give him a. fair trial, yo-u dirty rotfer?” and showered primed .<t;xtom<>ll’(s upon the heads of those helonv. After :1 strugglofho interjec--11-rs were 1'0m0V0(l. Roneivecl 11.20. SYDNEY, This Day.

Mr Knibb’s population figures as at 31st December entitle New South Wales to ~an~cxtr:l. seat in the House of Representatives, whilst. Victoria forfeits orie.

Mr Hughes has Co-nvéhed :1 ful'thel' Coal Conference for Tuesday. Received 12.40 p.m_

MELBOURNE, This day.

After the House was cleared of the women irrupfion, Mr Tudor moved a vote of censure motion. He declared his o‘bjecl;’in moving it was to secure a double dissolution. He considered’ indications. for ‘fhe'opposition were very Hopeful. What had hapfiened at the Ballarat election would probably happen in other constituencies. He strongly attacked "the Government for not grasping the question of the high ‘cost of living. Mr Hughes replying, said the power to deal with the high cost of living was refused‘ to the ‘Government by the turning down of the referendum ‘due to the opposition of the Labour Party. He declared the presenc policy of the Labour Party is! one of destruction: In industrialism to go slow, and in nationalism and in Parliament to wastetime. The debate was adjourned. i. '

PERTH, This day.

The strike bf public servants cuntinues. All" the public offices are closed, and public business as far as Government departments .are doncerned is disorganised_ 1 All departments are ‘closely picketed. ADELAIDE, This day.

Speaking at a Government luncheon to overseas pressmen, Mr B. Long representative of the Times, said from what he had seenhe was convinced the worlds centre of gravity was shifting from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Around the Pacific the great contests of the fuiure must centre. Australia and New Zealand in the Pacific would occupy the same position as the United Kingdom does in the Atlantic. The people of Britain hiid no proper understanding of the position in the ‘Pacific. The Times had sonle vision of what the future would be, and they sent him out to find out and tell them.