THE CONSCRIPTION REFERENDUM.
TO BE TAKEN ON DEFINITE LINES Australian-New Zealand Cable Awooii-tion. MELBOURNE, Nov. /. Cabinet, lias decided to take another referendum'on the conscription question. Received November 8, 0.30 a.m. MELBOURNE, Nov. 8. Mr Hughes, the Federal Premier, states that the Referendum will not be taken on the lines of the last one, but upon a definite scheme which will be outlined on Monday next. Parliament Will not meet as the' Referendum will -bo conducted under the powers conferred by the War Precautions Act. The polling day will probably be December 15. MKLBOI RNE. Nov. I Cabinet is discussing the military situation. Ministerial opinion, regarding eon scripti.u, is divided. Some favour an early election and other- a second referendum. Mr Ilu-'l.e-, declined to make a date ~„',„( 0 f ihe Government's attitude., re marking: "The Italian situation is, the „,osl -eriou, since the Mame. there is al present indications of a case so grave as to be full of Ihe most ominous portents. The Liberty Loan has reached £20,000,000.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1016, 8 November 1917, Page 5
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168THE CONSCRIPTION REFERENDUM. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1016, 8 November 1917, Page 5
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