FEDERAL POLITICS.
POSSIBILITY OF A COALITION. AGAINSTTHE FISHER MINISTRY. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright, Received May 11, 10.25 a.m. MELBOURNE, May 11. The Hon. J. Cook, Leader of the Opposition in the Federal Parliament, and the Hon. A. Deakin, exPremier, have conferred as to the possibilities of a coalition against the Fisher Ministry. At the conclusion of the conference, Mr Deakin announced: "All I can say is that the situation is clearer after our talk." Speaking at the Lord Mayor's banquet prior to] the conference,'Mr Deakin declared taat it was the duty of every man to endeavour to reduce the present unstable position in Federal politics to stability. There required to be two parties only to give effect to the • To organise and fairlyjfestablish two parties was the great task before them at the present moment, No effort would be wanting on his part, Mr Deakin declared, to bring about a legitimate state of Parliamentary business.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3187, 12 May 1909, Page 5
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157FEDERAL POLITICS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3187, 12 May 1909, Page 5
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