FEDERAL POLITICS.
SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER. United Press Association— By Electric. Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, May 25. Mr A. Fisher, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, sneaking at Narrandera, said that the Labour Party had never doubted the ability of the British fleet to protect Australia, but no nation ever became great which deputed its defence to other people. Australians must undertake the task themselves. Referring to the cable service, Mr Fisher said that the news of theworld, as supplied by cables to the daily Press, was not merely inadequate but misleading.- They did not want to hear about dog fights and big dinners, but they did want to know how the cause of humanity was progressing in every part of tbe world. He hoped that a better cable service might be inaugurated soon, by means of a State line of their own.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13743, 26 May 1910, Page 7
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