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Hughes (WILLIAM MORRIS an Australian)

WILLIAM MORRIS, an Australian statesman. He was born in Wales in 1864, and was educated in Llandudno, and London. He went to Australia in 1884, engaged in various occupations, was elected to State Parliament for New South Wales in 1894, became Minister for External Affairs in 1904, delegate to Imperial Navigation Conference in 1907, admitted to N. S.

Wales bar and became Attorney General 1908-1909, 1910-1913, 1914-1916. He was Prime Minister since 1915, and Minister of Trade and Customs since 1916. During the World War he went to Britain to make known the Australian attitude toward the conflict. He published a work on Federation of Australian States; and "The Case for Labor."