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New South Wales the climate is of the best, the soil is fertile, and all the conditions exist there to make men, women, and children happy if we could only give them some relief from the burden of human toil. The great benefits enjoyed by the consumers of Australia to-day are derived from the sacrifice and industry of the producers. If those who are engaged in dairy production were paid time and a half for the hours worked after five o'clock in the afternoon and before eight o'clock in the morning, I am afraid that the consumers would be obliged to pay about 5s. per lb. for butter. Yet the honorable member for South Sydney (Mr. Riley) says that the Australian consumer should not be called upon to pay more than 4s. per bushel for wheat, leaving the farmer to get the best price he can for his surplus. The primary producers can only carry on at existing prices, because of their industry, determination, sacrifice, and frugality. If they were to insist on having applied to them the conditions which are exacted by those who are engaged in other undertakings controlled by Arbitration Courts and Wages Boards, their position would be very different. However, I recognise that we live upon our primary undertakings and exist upon our secondary industries, and that sacrifices must be made by all sections of the community. I am prepared to meet every item in a fair spirit, and I hope that this Parliament will do the same. I do not wish to be misconstrued. The position of Australia is very grave, and we must be careful in regard to what we do, because later on we shall be judged by our present actions. I have already quoted some words from Byron. I shall quote a few more lines from that poet. He says - What Athens was in science, Borne in power, What Tyre appear'd in her meridianhour, Earth's chief dictatress, ocean's lovely queen; But Rome docay'd and Athensstrew'dthe plain, And Tyre's proud piers lie shattered in the main; Like these, thy strength may sink, in ruin hurl'd, And Britain fall, the bulwark of the world. We have to play our part wherever we may be in the British Empire in order that the bulwark of the world to which Byron referred shall continue to be what it has been in the past. Progress reported. House adjourned at 10.16 p.m.