EARL DUDLEY

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10523, 11 January 1912, Page 5

EARL DUDLEY

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IMPRESSIONS OF AUSTRALIA

TOO MANY POLITICIANS.

(Received Last Night, 9.5 o'clock.)

(LOND-QN, January 9. Til© Eaa-1 of Dudley, uavt-i.l recently Governor-General of the Australian Oo'minionweallth, read a paper (before the Roy ml Colonial) Institute, giving some of liisi impressions of Australia. He deolnmed that ilio federation of the States would enormously facilitate the adoption off improved t'ofence, and would also Ibe of the greatest value in matters of external affairs. As Australia's importance increased 1 , the Imperial Government would find it necessary kind advantageous to consult Australia very oloso ly oh some .subjects. It would, he thought, have been wiLser to wait developments before transplanting the Federal Capital to the middle of the bush, away from the broadening influenoes denived dram contact with the various ILritorestsi in the centres of population. Australia, he said, had too many professional politiciains and too ma.ny politicians _ altogether. Foilrtcon Houses of Parliament was an overgrown afliowance. He denied having suggested _ that Australian politicians were guilty of corruption. .On rjilie ■contrary, tlie purity of the ,puJblfc service was l one of Australia's, proudest He advocated immigration, a wMte Australia, land an Australian aiavy. Mr James McColl, of New South Waies, disagreed with Earl_ Dudley's approval of an> Australian navy, which, She said, would he an enormous load on the Australians. It wouJd) be better for theon- Hio 1 contribute half what tirt> would cost ito the Imperial Navy. > _ Eairl Dudley, replying, admuttsd that miany in. Australia thought like Mr MoOo'll, but Australia could not make am adequate contribution in any father way. The j>eople _ were rightly opposing taxation; woifchom representation.