H.R.H.
WORLD'S RECORD RECEPTION
CANBERRA FOUNDATION
(Received 10.25 a.m.)
SYDNEY, This Day,
There is a strong movement afoot among Federals members to utilise the Prince's visit to Canberra on Monday to lay,the foundation stone of the Federal Parliament House, in order to force the Government's hands over the inaction in transferring the seat of the Federal Parliament from Melbourne to Canberra.
A la_*Tge section of the members, who are restive over the shelving of the transfer, formed a deputation to Mr Hughes, who explained that tie money question was the cause of the delay. The Government was committed to Canberra by his pre-election policy speech.
It is estimated that approximately fifty thousand people attended the Prince's public reception including crowds in the vicinity.
Admiral Halsey stated that he had seen nothing like it in the world.— A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 19 June 1920, Page 5
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