THE PREMIERS' CONFERENCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 36, 11 February 1905, Page 5

THE PREMIERS' CONFERENCE.

(By Cable-Press A^S'JciaUim.—C<^yrt?iit.) TIOBABT. Fete-nary 10. Ite Federal Treasurer 'Sir (ieorire Turner) entirely rerede-d to-day- from his original sohe.me fnr liypotllPcHLUiu I he gross railway rpvpaoo if the Commonwealth took the dobi- o£ the Stutfs. He ihw askaj l!le Ktatw to pa*ts a ni«s--eurp nidcinp: the for debt.- ;i ebutge on their ponsolidated revenue-, in orrfpr to up ilih difffrpn<-e hetv.i-.-n the tbrpe cpmrtrr* ur Customs to ho- returned, and th,. atin>u'it required fcir i!n» ™*rest ptyment.-. He i- al-n vvillina to PariiamfDt tn m-M-- th- Hra.d-luii ""Aniakhig clau.se peri«'i uni. or extend It for tifty veais. >vis.h a >iukitt<j fund uf wip Pfr -cnt.. tn the debt. iV State in tfif i-aucun ilr<*»- •' «p tiwir f.>r rWiijio» >ir Williura lurnej-'s original p ß npo>«l-. t'm" 'hief of Which thai whilr ! h.- - ;.w- were peiUy inflm.n.-pd i.v pa.-.TiotUui in en- ' tiTins into the ledprauoii. tboir lir< wnditmn hiim l»e rs»«r lioaiivial ? tu- : W%. Sufficient lirae not >er ex ' pirnd hi ascertajn thw *>ffpi-i.-* of I'Vdrr.i- I ton. The hypirthenttaoti uf the railway! «Tenn fi wouLd lea.l t<. the ; t .--si.nnpri..n iir" control of ti,e railwj>. I, Ws w held that j «le States ,-ould tiu! ov.-r iheir pon- ' lr ol ot horrowiDc until the <>f { <-ommonwp a !f|, b., r rowioE vra.-; üb-w»liiirl\ 'lefißed. sir William TtinnT-i latPM ; PWpOSak would 1.. f - by the* '7 Miniatf?rh before ,i joiur ermiemiee j ,luult with ihfm. M pntwit |.rospe>-t> better for a sc-rrl-im-nt. Uiousb a wfference of ..phiitin -til! K-.i-ted. One - iliniater th t - amended ■ almost rioH-;,b,u,t-f. 1 ,-e." There ff,v. oKov,. r . a jtenfi-al di.-positirtu to regard "era a> a fair .-omprnmiae. Aa to" the ■ sa°H^ Cepinff V tmL «>r Willism Turner t V 1 Woa,d 1)p a injostiie botli w »CW South WalP-i ,md Weet Austra . J« ttrth States, and to have to pay st-ve ' Tv«n ll K (ir '' d tl «waajid pounds.' whidi wu«i be. opeued lor geueraJ distzibution. Ik 7f refore Proposed that West AustraZ. saouifl eontribate at the rate ot' 10 • at*!! for ten years. New South Wale> j and t mte Of 20 P pr ioT tive ? ears : *m,h - , end of tllose periods they Tf, uil wto line with other States. ' it k ° f the Stateb - however, hold that question whether this differential coran 6 ! 1 TriU not be cfaallengeable on tS ? • ODaI Sronnds. Sir VfilHan matter IS T^ eeldnS a 1 °P illion on the Hoik i c aPPomtment of State GorerSate** - OIT the OTdCT -P a P er - Ac Uneilot P o,ntm g out that it was exW * w, y. an affair for the States.