A COMPO CABINET

Grey River Argus, 4 October 1934, Page 5

A COMPO CABINET

FOR AUSTRALIA Country Party Consider Offer fAiis. * N.Z. Cable Assn.y (Received October 3 at 10.25 p.m.) MELBOURNE. October 3. Negotiat ons for a Coalition Common wealth Government took definite sh/jK* at a private conference between the Prime Minister. Rt. Hon. J. A. Lyons, and Dr. Earle Page, Leader of the Australian Country Party, at Melbourne today. Mr Lyons stated at ‘he conclusion of the conference: “I made a definite offer to Doctor Earle Page. He will convey it to his Pafy which meets on Mo nd ty at Sydney, and, whether the offer will be accepted or not, we shall proceed with the lormation of a Cabinet.”

Tn pM tical circles it is beileved thn* Mr Lyons has offered, the Countrv Party I|vo of the major portfolios and one minor one.

Anti-Labour Senate

MR LYONS ADMITS UNFAIRNESS. MELBOURNE. October 3. Rt. Hon. J. A. Lyons, the Prime Minister, commenting ou the Federal Senate elections, which still are uncompleted. said that he intended to obtain the opinion of aR of the parties in Parliament on the subject of changing ;he system of voting for the Senate. Mr Lyons said his reason was that the present indications were that the whole of the existing vacancies in the Senate were likely to be filled by representatives of parties other than Labour. “This, of course,” said Mr Lyons, “is quite unfair. It might, at som* future date, operate in the reverse way. There is no justification for a system which would deprive Labour or any other recognised accredited Party from representation in the National Parliament.”