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These deals added to the distrust and hostility with which many non- Labor
politicians like Earle Page regarded the Prime Minister. Even under the happiest
of circumstances Hughes was not an easy man to work with. Energetic, impulsive
...
These deals added to the distrust and hostility with which many non- Labor
politicians like Earle Page regarded the Prime Minister. Even under the happiest
of circumstances Hughes was not an easy man to work with. Energetic, impulsive
...
Page 153
However, 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 ...
However, 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 214
Since the Country Party had been excluded from government in the last
Parliament, there was a good deal more open hostility between it and the U.A.P.
than in most previous election campaigns. Dr Earle Page felt free to demand a
general ...
Since the Country Party had been excluded from government in the last
Parliament, there was a good deal more open hostility between it and the U.A.P.
than in most previous election campaigns. Dr Earle Page felt free to demand a
general ...
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A NATION FOR A CONTINENT r 19001903 | 12 |
Legislation and White Australia | 29 |
New Protection and the Basic Wage | 46 |
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