FEDERAL POLITICS
PARTY STRIFE CONDEMNED. OPPOSITION LEAVE CHAMBER IN A BODY. Received June 24, 11.15 p.m. MELBOURNE, June 24. In the House three months' supply, totalling £8,611,5jl was passed. Mr Cook drew attention to the fact that Britain was spending £3,000,000 daily and Australia, with one-ninth of the population, only £40,000. He maintained that they were not doing enough. On the second reading .of the First Referendum Bill Mr Cook moved an amendment, with a view that the War Bill lie not proceeded with. He said (hat there should lie a cessation of all party conflict, and only measures absolutely necessary for the most strenuous prosecution of the war and the proper administration of public business should be dealt with. The Speaker took exception to the wording of the amendment. Mr Cook, in withdrawing it, announced that his party would not participate in the debate, and he led the whole Opposition from the House, Ministerialists continuing the debate.
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Waikato Times, Volume 84, Issue 13208, 25 June 1915, Page 5
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