AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. RESURRECTING HUGHES. . TO FORM NW CABINET. MELBOURNE, January 8. Tho Governor-General has accepted the Ministry's resignation and requested Ministers to continue in office pending the appointment of their successors. Mr Tudor (Leader of the Official Labor . party), after conferring -with" the Governorstated' to the Press that he had , not received a commission to form a Minis--1 try, but may again seo the Governor-Gene-ral. | Meanwhile His Excellency is consulting with Messrs Joseph Cook and Wise. January 9. (Received January 9, at. 10 a.m.) It is expected that the political situation will be cleared up to-day. by the recall of Mr Hughes to form a new Ministry. ADELAIDE LAND SCANDAL. ADELAIDE, January 9. The South Australian Government liave refused an application by Mr Styles (exChief Secretary) that a Supreme Court Judge inquire into the land scandal. The Government also decided to ask Mr Jones, the Government Valuer, to resign. NATIONALISING COLLIERIES. SYDNEY, .January. 9. Tho New South Wales Government's ■offer to supply Victoria with a million tons of coal annually for five years at 15s per ton, f.o.b. Newcastle, indicates that the Government contemplate tho nationalisation of all coal mines.
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Evening Star, Issue 16627, 9 January 1918, Page 5
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198AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS Evening Star, Issue 16627, 9 January 1918, Page 5
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