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... Earle Page regarded the Prime Minister . Even under the happiest of circumstances Hughes was not an easy man to work with . Energetic , impulsive , domineering , shrewd , imaginative and unscrupulous , he was distrusted by many of his ...
... Earle Page regarded the Prime Minister . Even under the happiest of circumstances Hughes was not an easy man to work with . Energetic , impulsive , domineering , shrewd , imaginative and unscrupulous , he was distrusted by many of his ...
Page 153
... Page and his party refused to work with or serve under Hughes . Eight weeks of backstairs negotiations , threats and promises were summarised thus by Anstey's vitriolic pen : [ Hughes's ] arch enemy was Earle Page , leader of the ...
... Page and his party refused to work with or serve under Hughes . Eight weeks of backstairs negotiations , threats and promises were summarised thus by Anstey's vitriolic pen : [ Hughes's ] arch enemy was Earle Page , leader of the ...
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... Earle Page felt free to demand a general reduction of tariff levels , total abolition of customs duties on capital goods , abolition of the land tax and many other measures of sectional advantage to the man on the land . Surprisingly ...
... Earle Page felt free to demand a general reduction of tariff levels , total abolition of customs duties on capital goods , abolition of the land tax and many other measures of sectional advantage to the man on the land . Surprisingly ...
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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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