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FEDERAL POLITICS.

NATIONAL FEDERATION.

Wow Branches Forming,

An ingeníenla nie now being completed |

foi tho J'nme Mimstci (Mr Hughes) to dclivei ti speech it i gilhcring m Sydney

on Monti ly evening robiuaiy 12, on bell lit j

of the jNntiomil 1 edtration On the after

noon of thal div he will lie iddressing the I

members ol Hie Bl itish Immigration Litigue, |

and lins oppmttinity is being t-ei/rf to se euro his ¡issistinec in Hie foirrution of i binntli of tin federltion

\dvie-es fiom Queensland winch camel to lund vcstirdav show lint the first] hi inch has been formeel in IJribbino J lie i picsident is a\li Innes Ulm ami On mu pipsidints aie Su Hobelt Philp Mi lohn

Ulumsoii Al LA Mi Peter Auev, Jil I Alitthcw Reid nul Ali Down The honor

m m tret n y is Mi I li Morgm Steps' ne also being tulon to foi m branches , thioiighoilt the whole of the btnte ind it lb honed tint bcvti ii will hine been estab lishcil willuri i few divs

is indicative of the hiicccss of the move unlit in \ letona the oitginil tbiee [bl inches-Ccelong JSilInit nul Bendigo

have nlieadv intimated tint the supply Of mimbil», nuls his um out and îcqucsta foi futthei supplies hive been made Gee I long begin vv ith 1 200 anil li is nuked fot 500

mole Jl illili ti lici'iu with 1000 mil has t nsl ed for 1 000 moi e I he I iltei bl mell h is I finlhei icqiirstocl ptrimsston lo open aj

bl nile ti at Liiswuk wilclo it is expected that at least 200 other members will be ob tallied foithwith Bendigo bid l,(iO0 mem bcis ticki tb issued ii bus i-vhuustid this supplv and li is vv i itten for 1 000 more» This blanch is also taking active stops in tim foi

m allein of ii lu mich nt J telcliawk, mid his is| eel for a supply of 1 000 members innis wrth which to cam out this project the be lief being tint ] aglchuwk branch will lui nish a very laigc membership

J'cquests continue to come forvvitd from' the vinous ecnties and within the nixt| fortnight it is behev ed th it it leist 12 nddi tion ii new bl inches will bo opened in Vu

ten 11

It ans previouslv silted that abrnnih| lind been foirned at 1 auiiccston, with a mern bel ship of 00 persons \s i matter of fiel Huit was the rulnibei enrolled it i pre

liminitv meeting ind it is expected that | hunch ids of poisons will ipply for member billi»

LIBERAL PARTY MEETING.

HEW MINISTRY PROPOSED

Consideration Postponed

A meeting of I ho redernl Lihour pirtv |

which wis held vistirrhy to consider a pro posil fo" Hie formation of a ' Win the

Wai Almistiy, representing the Minis I temhsts md the Liberals This proposal vv is to li ive been contingent on the refusal of the Caucus party lo join in the formation af it National vfmistry icpiisentmg all pal tit m the Iloubc

llicie wjs a full attendance the im poll inn of the mattet under con sulintion hiving di aw n to Mel bom ne evciy mimbct in Australia Antill allons of importint develop mints hovvcvei, were no1 leihscd Afr I «ok stated the position, setting out Hu ofici of Mi riughcs, which was for equal loiiKbeiitntion of the two parties m a joint Ahnistiv of which Mr Hughes wis to be Pumo iMimstci Mr Cool uiged that the nntlei should be concidcied at once, in vu vi of the urgent necessity of coming to some m internent which would permit Aus liiih i lo be îcprcsentcd at the forthcoming Impernl Confeicnce After a very short discussion in which tho merit« of tfac odor were scarcely touched upon, Sir John Tor rest moved that -

vs the I rime Minister leas at the requeist of lis {arta niprtaaelacd the olllcaal laaliour party v ith u view to the formation of ii War Ooveraa

incut and as Mr rudor leis called a meeting of 1 tai | arty on W ednesalay to eonsade r this tho dis cn-ion on the nutter lae postponed until then *

lins wm ugrccd to, prieticnlly without discussion and the party then went on to discuss otbci maiteis the meeting lasted onlv about an hour and n half

j'lie Munstcnnl party will meet this after noon hut ns theie will bo nothing before the meeting fiom the Liberal party, it is not lil ely to last long, or lo i csult in any mipoitant development I o morrow the C incus partv will moot at half pust 2 o'clock to (onsider tho propobal tint it should join with the othti two pai ties in the foi million of a Vam Alimstij It is almost ccitain tint it will lefuso to adopt tins scheme, and tin way will then be open for the Liberal n n tv windi will meet again tomorrow evening to irrive at a decision on the Pnme

Alinistii s invitation

Both Houses of the rederal Parliament will meet on .thursday, and it is hoped that Mr Hughes will then be in a position to ¡.ive some indic_tion as to the future rcla

tion of pin lies

AN EXPELLED MINISTER.

Not Dismayed by Threat

íhi rodoni Alunster for Works (Senator Lynih) luis received from the executive of Hie Austrih in Labour redcration in West- ern Australia an official intimation that ho will lu expelled from the patty if he docs not i enounce Ali Hughes within a month

Stnutoi Li nell is not dismayed by this Hire it He dulared yesterday that, as he vv is guilty of "o crime ho hid nothing to li pent When the notice of Ins expulsion cinie ulong at tho end of the mbnlh ho in tended to use it lo light n twopenny ugai

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