MR. DEAKIN AND LABOUR.
| I " * ASTONISHMENT IN AUSTRALIA.' j A LEAF OUT OP MUNCHAUSEN'S BOOK. By Telegraph — Association—Copyright. » Sydney, May 20. ITxtk Leader of the State Labour party (Mr. McGowan) discredits the cabled report of Mr. Pciakiu's prophecy of reverses for Labour in New South Wales and Queensland, Ho says, " There is a coldbloodedness about the thing that is foreign to ail we have known of Mr. Dcakin politically or personally.
Melbourne, May 20. ;« Mr. Deakin's prediction as to the downfall of Labour in Australia has been re- ' ceived with astonishment in Labour ranks here. Mr. Prendergast, the State Labour ■ leader, suggests that to his mind, Mr. Deakin found himself in the position of Baron Munchausen, who, when losing the confidence of the peoplo of Africa, resorted to the expedient of importing shiploads of ''fudge." Mr. Deakin apparently has been following the austere example.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13493, 21 May 1907, Page 5
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