SECESSION SENTIMENT.
STRONG IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
FEDERAL TREATMENT RESENTED
STATE PREMIER’S OPINION.
United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyrlglit, (Received April 27, 9.35 p.m.) ADELAIDE, April 27.
The Premier, Mr R. L. Butler, speaking at Owen-, said if the people of South Australia had an opportunity of expressing their opinion on the question of secession from the Federation they would do as the people o i Western Australia had done. Ite was sorry to have to make such a statement. hut he interpreted the feeling of the people of South Australia as one of grave resentment against the treatment meted out to them by the Commonwealth Government. He added: “But any action taken by my Government will be to save the Federation, not to smash it.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18930, 27 April 1933, Page 8
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