Australian Politics

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 216, 12 March 1914, Page 5

Australian Politics

FEDERAL PHLMILiI APPEALS TO YVOME.V '■LIUEHALISM Iih'TTER THAN LA HUH SOCIALISM." By Calk'—Press Association—Copyright Melbourne, .March 11. -Air. Cook, Federal Premier, speaking a; the tenth anniversary meeting of tin: Women's National l-cague in Australia said the Liberal party in Australia would he needing the League very soon. He was not concerned with .the next ten years of the League's existence, hut concerned with the next ten months. The present Parliament was not likely to last long. The Liberals must wake up, and their motto for the next ten months must be to get to business, and to get to business at once. The immediate business of Liberalism was io convince the people of the country th.it it was better than Labor Socialism.

MOW, SOUTH WALES HOUSE. TOE GOVER.YMENT AXD THE STRIKERS. Sydney, March 11. In the debate on the Address-in-Reply, the Government was severely criticised for not enforcing the industrial law in connection with the meat strike. Air. Hall replied that .the Government had never given a promise to the men nofc to prosecute if they returned to work. If information were available prosecutions would follow. Air. Hall stated that the Government bakery produced Ifi.oOO loaves during the first week, costing £20,000 (?) No private baker could attain the same result. , The address was adopted.