LABOUR POLICY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1713, 2 April 1913, Page 7

LABOUR POLICY.

AUSTRALIAN PROBLEMS.

AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME.

STATE STEAMER SERVICES.

1 I'elcßraph—Press Assodiation—Copyiigh: Brisbane; April 1. , * a thD coiuso of bin policy speech at Maryborough yesterday, in which lie. announced that Australia intended to biiild , . : a second Dreadnought immediately, tho ■ Prime Minister, Mr. Fisher,"said tho expenditure on tho Navy during tho past throe years had been.' nearly jE5,500,0C<). It was piopjsed.to start a. Navy Aviation , / School and various uaval bases,'. Floating clocks and a naval shipbuilding yard at ; Jervis, Bay would, be 1 proceeded with. The ' • government would'co-operate with those =•.' •. ®5 tho othol ' Nonunions and ( the. United Kingdom in "the 'protection of British i ' . mteiests in tho Pacific, :••••. mM?* .Fislier. srijd ; it was estimated tliat a * «f six years there-would be ' sector -.cnilefe' 'in "training, and J-S.OUO inilitia, between the ages of 18 , .and 2G years. . Provision would bo inado for the senior cadets to carry', out a pro- ' . . . Portion of, the drills ..'during working "oufs. ■ and legislation be\intro-f duced to obvidto the loss of wages thereby . .. ... entailed. • '-' ; .... ' ■ It, w "is. intended , to, equalise the sugar •' /bounty find dciso with a viev; to'protect ,n S ; white growers '.ngainst' 'unfair comP et " lol } from-the employers of coloured !"• would be continued por"manently to ,settle; wliitp. population.:in , . the Territory:. and further, to ••. .• aovelo'p-'Papim. - iho Stutes l\'ould l»e asked-to, confer ::.fhe object .of ■•■converting the State J . ' e "t' into an Australian consolidated iebt. ■•''., ■-!■ . . ,i It : v.;as proposed to establish a iine of . steamers ;battvcch .the mainland and TasV i . ■ ,■ / tiiania.,. An overseas service was also .pro-' '.. iected, for the-move 'expeditions and'effi: cient carrying'- 1 of mails and general pro- ' _ duce. •■ ■ ,i "■ . ' . : / A- wireless 'station .with a, great range' ■;. i;. bo;installed-at Darwin; to link up the. Imperial chain. •• ■ . A sum of twenty ; pounds s. >fltlld bs pet•" aside. for. the ! prevention' and cure, of.,consumption and cancer. .'■';' r v - -;? Ir - that.the 1 WanClal year would end .with a surplus; of ' . ■.. • .'•£2,2fi1,15t.- • Kinco the Government took .. .-office ti'jj■■ millions'had-been provided out j of revenue for 'new 'ivories. . •• to the' propoijcjl '.referendum,. ... 'jeered that : it. was. a. distinctly na- ■ (■ 1 ■ tiorial ..matter; industrial, peacb could only • secu red, , by : ihc'reasing:,-tli3; powers' of ;;. the Cominonwealth. /'Without'an amendment of the Constitution no. effective legis- ,.. lation was possible. Tho New Protection, . ■' f.irjtlclt was tho ;tiovei:hinent]s policy, was . "ily .econptniq justice. .The,tariff,'.though oi'kihg iairly ;well, called for readjust- ■ nient; ■.■iiv^o['dcr' ( i;o;'eucoiirage > manufac- . ,r ? s - . Should [Uu. people, '•hoivever, decide against an amendment • of; tho. Constitution the' Government would takj an- '. . early opportunity, of 'amending: tho tariff. .. I ' TiieTacific cable, having"to depend on •' 1»"" "to cable across the. Atlantic, was .unsatisfactory. Australia and Neir-Zea-land'favoured.an /Atlantic, lino being.laid ... . 'A order to. alloiv them to have through ; , connectipn with . liondon. Tho.. Federal .. T.'t'!. ..did-not inttodrtoAilet tho . v.--' matter.jrest as it!i?)> >•■■■'.<■■*:. : : /referred ; to r ;tlio' forthcoming Sit ll Xew und;,Caiidda ,| 'dn-.the'.-q'u'estion' of ' reciprocal trade.' .. . ; '•