THE COMMONWEALTH.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 739, 11 February 1910, Page 5

THE COMMONWEALTH.

J 'OPPOSITION^/TB^FiraANCIAA/i U v -, ,/- ;y|K; : :/AGEBEMENTV y i: -:0-h,: ;^ By Telegraphs-Press Assbclatlon-T-Oobyrlsrht; ■jV':;^''X :^;i"';6''-; '>".fi.f.BriS^n6,"v^ .;:'.'Mr. '.-indraw 1; Fisher,';. Leader;' of/'.'.the Federal Minister" ■/ of ./ ; thei"' Commonwealth; -,: in.-the' course -of .his ./election Tspeech;- .at' : Mary-: borough' last:, night,;.; opposed - the /Wages/ Board,/ and - urged/ the.necessity'. of /giving: greater powerjto /the JFederal. Parliament to/•protect''the.worker's.''.yHq:olaimed that. his - Governments/was responsible,/ for- .'the initiation/ of -the Australian naval'/defence: schem'e,-'and ; 'was : the first to'/put..the,idea into' concrete'form::: -■'■'-■ /-'ri:; ; / : ':-:/^'//';A

: /The ■ inclusioii/bf,the '.'financial' arrange-. .ments'with,.the//States/in;the'Cohstjtutiqn would, /said;, Mr..-Fisher,; prove-: /einbar: : rassing'.;;,t'b:-'the; : 'people':/qf:,:Aus 'cause,/it/;/wquld be. impossible';lq;/have':a : protectionist/tariff/.'and/at the a./, : large .-revenuei-/ from /'the..Customs/'/;/If they were/going-to -have'a protectionist country—an"d : ho'\believed they, were—Veryhigh . dbties'-wbuld/.be're/quiredi .tb'-'deiray-th'q'^expenses''.of;'.,tho-/FederanonV"and.,Hhe; payment;. 255;; |o/ -the/.S-fatesVi 0 urged «the;;. : p^ople!Stq"/,'trnst'' "ffie'FederaljPariiament/to/do/ justice:'to : the: States.-j';/ If j. justice /' were /'ridt'idoriei'Kthe 'people./ : had ■<■ their^remedy : - at / -;the'.' ; next: /clebtion.'7-'':'■:;V';/-' : :. , ,- : ; ; ;rVi":;.:;:■:;': ;/;:: /;/;/ peopi.ingVthe';-TRppics^4/^' ':•'■'".'■'•;'■.''•''.-.'-,•■'•"■.. February; 0.: ':::Prqfessori;J7i : W?Gregory;/late: of": Mel : ' bourn'e';:p'niv/ersi ity,;.read',a'ipaper'before,the. Eq/yal' Geographical':• Society '. on /'"the geographical: conditions', controlling/Australa's 'deyelopment./;-His conviction -was: /that'.,there was "no //region -in '' tropical, Australia;:/which:/;Europea'na''/cbuld'' not: :'cblpnJseJ.v'/p-.' ! j''..'.";;;:;:/; ■''■_ ,;vj;:; .-' / :;';7';7 : //:/;:/;!': ///It vwbuid' be,/ possible,' to' '/tell. in/, twenty/ years,/ said: the, Profess&r, ,: ;'whether,/.'the; .colonisation'; of the -tropical.:territory; by. - whites- was Z practicable'_ within., ,abls ~i time.. -If .not;. coloured ■ races might/ be., admitted stringent,. reguiatibns' :cqnfining, tliem':•to;;this';area.''7 , /, ■-, : ':J.j.Wi'-.':-[Pr..W.i J.:'Gregory,'-formerly Professor :of;: ; of ■ Melbourne;: and now' 'Professor.-of ..-Geology- in .the .University;:of Glasgow;,;:.has ;.done' geological,.and;exploring t work in- Australia; the.Eocky' Mountains, 'British-; -East/ Africa,',and Spitzbergen.- He has 'published copiously/the; results: of' his work, and is the. author' of "a number: of; geolo-' /gical and'qther/: publications on Australia.] ; /i:/ /^•:;:-:"/i/ : /;,/;/.FAEMS//.;/■/' t;:'/,/;/'//-/■'/ %~}'f% ; -f- b//::/:i/';:l-bndbn; -; '■-Sir..John"Taverner,;. Agent-General/ for Victoria,- has; chqsen/'a/dozeu- respectablelads; from nominations made at the Stratford ; emigration"; bmce'. /for' a • year's,' train-; ihg.q'n Victorian;fa'rms.;/Their ages/range' l fr/om;sixtee/n'/tb,eighteen; years/'and'they: ahd,faCtory/ ; hands. ; ;: