AUSTRALIAN NEWS
|By Elkctiuc Tei.koiiai'H. —Cni'Vitinui.] (Pun Prkss Association.) Hcceivd December 7, at 9.25 a.m. Sydney, December 7. Lady Poore sailed by the UHmiiroa for Melbourne. The granting of a dissolution created a surprise. Mr Murray declared that mull an action was unprecedented, audi should only he taken when there was no ulianco of a State Government boing formed. Tim leader of the Labor Party said it'seemed an extraordinary procedure to grant Sir T. Bent a dissolution. Sir T. Bent, in a speech at Bendigo, said it was true that he was defeated by his friends—for there was intriguing going on —and ho was not going to lake it lying down. Overtures had been made to him to go to the Labor Party, carry (lie Land Valuation Bill, uud break up his own party, lis ropliod: "Go to— yon know whore." Ho was not very polished on such occasions. Tlio proper thing to do. was to ask. the pooplo for a verdict. Sydney, December 7. Arrived—Hazel Craig, from Kaipara; Hippolas, from Whangnrei. -
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 10017, 7 December 1908, Page 2
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