17 MAY 1957, Page 18

RT. HON. W. M. HUGHES, PC

SIR,—I am engaged, at the desire of Dame Mary Hughes and the trustees of the late Rt. Hon. W. M. Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia, 1915-22, in collecting material for his official biography.

I shall be in England until late November, and am anxious to get in touch with anyone knowing of material about Mr. Hughes. In particular, I am anxious for information about his life before he left England in 1884, about his visit to this country in 1906, and about his participation in the Versailles Conference in 1919.

I should be most grateful if anyone who can help me would reply c/o The Commercial Banking Com- pany of Sydney Limited, 27-32 Old Jewry, EC2, or to the National Library Liaison Officer, Australia House, Strand, WC1.—Yours faithfully, L. F. FITZHARD1NOS

The Australian Nat(onal University, Canberra