“CERTAINLY NOT”
MR. BRUCE’S VIEW ACCEPTED PHILOSOPHICALLY MR. BRUCE’S VIEW (Received September 7, noon.) PERTH, Sept. 7. Referring to tbe iifei'eiidum vote, Mr. S. M. Bruce said lie bad asked the people for an increase in power, and they bad replied: “Certainly not.” Theve was nothing flirt her to be done. The verdict must be accepted. While lie believed that thfi task ol ensuring industrial peace bad been render'd more difficult by the decision. Australians must set themselves resolutely to accomplish it. He hoped the differences which divided the people during the recent campaign would be cast aside so that the! existing division of powers between the. Commonwealth and States, which had now i ecu confirmed, might be so employed as to ensure the industrial peace which was vital to the progress of Australia, and the prosperity and happiness of its people.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17132, 7 September 1926, Page 7
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