AUSTRALIA'S GIFT
£100,000 FOR BELGIUM Melbourne, October 15. The House finally passed the £100,000 grant to Belgium, after negativing a motion , that the. money should not be granted until proposals had been submitted dealing with unemployment and destitution in Australia. Mr. Cook, Leader of the Opposition, stated that the Government was submitting a controversial programme at the present grave situation. The Prime. Minister, Mr. Fisher, replied that the Government would cooperate with the Opposition in every matter of a national character, and would pledge the last man and th 6 last shilling to see a successful issue of the war, but Australia was practically at peace, and there was no reason for not proceeding with legislation.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2282, 16 October 1914, Page 5
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116AUSTRALIA'S GIFT Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2282, 16 October 1914, Page 5
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