NO SOLUTION YET

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24431, 17 October 1940, Page 8

NO SOLUTION YET

| POLITICAL DEADLOCK: I AU»PARTY CONFERENCE I POSITION STILL OBSCURE (United Press 'Association) / ' ■ A*. (By - Copyright).; '■ • *•' .CANBERRA, Oct. 1,6. |i | A& cpnjference was held fills Goyp£^rtient, proves. and ■ was ; adr |,purn<kl without; levying • -the future’idrhi-{bf,>vthe Australiaii; Government still, o^ljcure;. (V-- y v The'Gbv§rhnient parties/ aV the iDnference.'Wdte represented by/the |?rime Minister (Mr R. G. Menzies), te Attorney-general (Mr XW- Mjgh#)V;the -Treasurer CMft.E. G, Spender); ' Air Faddenl. thft' of —Affairs McE&an) —and,? Sir' ■Eafletypagb., The Eabodr i ;Rarte. 4 by Messrs; Forded and,, Dr Eyptt,. Eon^fhljidnist. LabW.xy&alr# “"by Messrs, ‘Beasley, Rosevear, and Mulcahy. One X Independent, Mr also .was- present. The. other gxdeaittdenti ..Mr Wilson, has so far not appeared'at Canberra.; v. It %.6s announced that the Mirusiei of Nasi'# and,Commerce, Mr A. Gamer on,the former Leadervof the .Country Party, has offered, his resignation tb the-. Prime Minister. His friends ekpect .Uhat he will join .the, United Australia Party. He is reported to have stAjted: HI will not be a barnacle ship’s rudder like the Independents.” - 5 k Mr Cdiheron declined to comment pn the. split in the Country Party. The problem so far' has not been Solved. V AMr Menzies this morning addressed a meeting of members of all parties in. the House of Rfepresentalives- behind ; jocked ~ Sobrs, I after .which’ hb !,! issued a-rthtement setting but that he had. resviewbd the war Situation and the war policy with Particular relation to Britain, the Middle East and the Far East. Members freely questioned him, and the desire was expressed that a similar tectiye .measures-..should be held.?. Tliis would be held next Tuesday.