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PETITJQN TO BE APPOSED ; CONTRARY TO , CONSTITUTION > CANBERRA* (Received Feb. *3, at 9 !p.m;) / ; The Primp Minister , (Mr, Lyons) today stated that the Commonwealth .Government has taken steps to oppose the reception of the petition, in England for r secession by Western Australia, basing its action on section 128 of tution, which decreed. that 'any • amendment, to the Consfitutiofl must -be by, legislation and referendum in Australia.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22487, 4 February 1935, Page 9
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69SECESSION ISSUE Otago Daily Times, Issue 22487, 4 February 1935, Page 9
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