FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.
CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association—* Copyright.) MELBOURNE, Sept. 10. In the House there was a lively debate on Mr Reid’s motion for adjournment. Tho Government wore charged with want of sincerity and shuffling over the Arbitration Bill. Messrs Watson and Kingston claimed that they were abandoning the Bill on inadequate grounds. Whatever Government was returned at the coming election would have to introduce a Bill containing the clause that the Government now objected to. The motion was formally negatived. The financial debate was resumed.
% FICKLE REID. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Reoeived 1.10 a.m., Sept. 11. Melbourne, Sept. 10. In the House on the Financial Debate, Mr Reid concluded an exhaustive review of the Government policy, making a sug gestion that tho tariff question be submitted to referendum of the Commonwealth. If it resulted in tho defeat of Froetrade he would accept the decision as final..
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 992, 11 September 1903, Page 3
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