FEDERAL POLITICS.
REFERENDUM PROPOSALS. MR HUGHES EXPLAINS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian ami N'.Z. Cable Association. (Received A event her 8, 1). fit) a., in.) aILLBOLUXE, November 17. | Mr Hughes, at a big meeting, ex- j plained his referendum proposals which, he said, wore intended to ho used only in allaying industrial unrest and dealing with profiteering. A Convention, at which the States would be represented, would be held next year to consider a, revision of the constitution. His statement that the "socalled Labour people" opposed his proposals led to continued interruptions. Mr Hughes saijl that he asked the people of Australia to give him power to deal with profiteering and give a man a fair wage. If they woidd not do so they could got someone else to lead tllem. - - i
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19800, 18 November 1919, Page 7
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