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Page 172
... issue . Bruce was provoked into replying that he would have nothing to do with a plebiscite and would treat Hughes's motion as one of confidence . He cut short the debate after only eight speeches , but two Nationalists crossed the ...
... issue . Bruce was provoked into replying that he would have nothing to do with a plebiscite and would treat Hughes's motion as one of confidence . He cut short the debate after only eight speeches , but two Nationalists crossed the ...
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... issue , indeed the major issue , on the hustings ; and the voters were far too conservative and far too devoted to the traditional conservative policy of unquestioning dependence on Britain , to set much store by Curtin's warnings ...
... issue , indeed the major issue , on the hustings ; and the voters were far too conservative and far too devoted to the traditional conservative policy of unquestioning dependence on Britain , to set much store by Curtin's warnings ...
Page 306
... issue as others , Menzies brought forward the Bank Bill and an Arbitration Bill providing for secret ballots for trade - union elections , Chifley accepted the challenge . The Labor - controlled Senate for the third time failed to pass ...
... issue as others , Menzies brought forward the Bank Bill and an Arbitration Bill providing for secret ballots for trade - union elections , Chifley accepted the challenge . The Labor - controlled Senate for the third time failed to pass ...
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A NATION FOR A CONTINENT c 19001903 | 12 |
THREE ELEVENS IN THE FIELD c 19041908 | 55 |
LABOR IN POWER c 19091913 | 68 |
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