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AUSTRALIAN PLAN PETITION BEFORE LORDS (Klee. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received Dec. 18, 2 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 17. When Lord Aberdeen presented the Western Australian secession petition in the House of Lords, Lord ITailsham said it raised matters of grave constitutional importance, having regard to the present relationships between the Dominions and Britain. The position was not. free from doubt, and could not be hastily determined before the reception of the petition. Ho hoped that the House would give him until the reassembly in January to consider the issues and advise the House on the most convenient manner of dealing with them. The House agreed to this eoui'se.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18583, 18 December 1934, Page 6
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110SECESSION MORE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18583, 18 December 1934, Page 6
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