AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14011, 16 September 1909, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

FEUEftAL GOVERNMENT CAUGHT NAPPING. i»\ Kfeotrie. Telegraph.— Copyright .(Received Sept. 16, 11.15 a f m.) MELBOURNE, Sept. 16. The House of Representatives, after a wrangling debate and the application of the closure, carried a resolution to give the Government business preferonce for' the rest of the session. Subsequently Mr. Fisher,- ex-Premier, carried a motion for the adjournment of the House. The Government was caught napping while trying to secure i count out. • i • The Senate passed the Seamen's Com,x«nsation Bill, _.