RAILWAYS CONTROL.
CHANGE IN NEW SOUTH WALES By Telegraph—Fress Association—Copyright (Rec. April 15, 0.20 a.m.) Sydney, April 11. Mr. ITolman, tho Stato Attorney-Gen-eral, in a speech at Temora outlining the Government policy, foreshadowed important railway development. Tho Government, he said, was dissatisfied with tho methods of duplication under the Chief Commissioner, and had decided to transfer his powers to a board consisting of tho Minister for Works and tho Chief Commissioner. Ho did not blamo tho Commissioner, who had far too mucli to do. Land settlement would be pushed ahead, ami GOO,OOO acres of Crown lands would bo opened for settlement this month, and a million and a quarter before the end of the year. Altogether 18} million acres could bo made available. Tho Government intended to reintroduce tho Bill increasing tho salaries • f members of the Legislative Assembly to .£SOO a year.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1414, 15 April 1912, Page 5
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143RAILWAYS CONTROL. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1414, 15 April 1912, Page 5
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