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STRONG CRITICISM IN AUSTRALIA. United Pres Association—By Elect'V Telegraph—Copyright (Received July 26, 11.45 p.m.) MELBOURNE, July 26. Mr Kent Hughes, the Victorian Minter of Railways, in a speech condemned Canberra as the Federal Capital. He declared that the city was a ghastly failure, and was driving the best men from politics, notably Mr S. M. Bruce, Mr J. G. Latham. Sir Walter Massy-Greene, Sir Henry Gullett and now Sir Harry Lawson, who were not prepared to give up their time in travelling to and from, and in living there.
Mr Hughes said: “It is impossible not to realise the dead hand of Canberra in the political affairs of Australia.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19862, 27 July 1934, Page 9
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