POSITION CANNOT BE ALTERED.
FEDERAL GOVERN MEWPS
DILIEMJSTA.
SYDNEY, April 28.
The Referenda position cannot be altered. Westralia. retains a "Yesi" majority on bomth questions; the other 1 States ".No," and the aggregate is a big "No" Verdict.
Mr Hughes states he is unaWe to do what he was sent to Parliament by the biggest vote of theCicwnmonwWlth to do. The Goivierhmiemb accepts the verdlict, bnit only for the time Leingl by reducing 1 Dtefmoeratic Government. It would! ible a. farce to accept as final the .dteoisiom of 40 per centum of tliei electors. In two ye:iri» they will haYd exhausted! their 1 remaining opportunities for usefulness under tha Constitution and! then there will !bfe al genei'al election, when moi-ei interest will bei displayed than at pres?nt, when lio will again submit the questions and in the interval thefe will Ible sufficient to pirovei tUeir helplessneiss to dleal with comlbines and tnists. Mi* Holman says he will approach tho other State Governmeiits niwl siitj'gest a. voluntiaa'y surrender of powei' to tlia Federal Government to enable it to deal with new protection, effective! arbitration, and control of monopolies.
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Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10352, 28 April 1911, Page 2
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187POSITION CANNOT BE ALTERED. Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10352, 28 April 1911, Page 2
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