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A STONEWALL POINT.

]J*)AD-EIKS' AND THE! MSSOtOUTION THREAT. (Per Press Association.) 1 April.23. The Liberal Leader, Sir Joseph Ward, who reitiurned fronx Sydney, lost no time in emphatically denying the Prime Minister's reported stateaieztt at Wihanglaitsi, "Tlie eton&wiall was set up, but wia« quelled when the Opposition got to know that he ('Mr Massey) intended to ask for a dissolution, which they did not want." "The pos'itdon," said Sir Josseph Wiardi "was that we were stopped by the guillotine being applied by tk« Chiafrman of Comnaittees. The.fear of a divssolul/ion never arose so far as the Opposition was concerned. In the first, place it is very questionable whether a dissolution could have been obtained, and. 1 in mry opinion it would have been unconstitutional if one had been granted, liie question of tfhe reepal of the .second ballot Ha"3 never been before the. country without a saiEsTiVute of a system of majorty rule in. its place, and in «ny ease the Opposition were not afraid" of a dissolution at the time referred to any more than they/are . t>

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Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 14791, 24 April 1914, Page 5

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A STONEWALL POINT. Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 14791, 24 April 1914, Page 5

A STONEWALL POINT. Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 14791, 24 April 1914, Page 5

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