AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.
IMMIGRATION PROBLEM.
By, telegrap.il, Press Ass’n, Copyright Sydney, Sept. 21. Mr Oarruthers deolarod that the Govern* ment were determined to bring oat immigrants. It the Opposition objected, they oould move a vote of censure.
In the Assembly Mr Oarrnthers, in reply to numerous questions, stated that the House would givo an opportunity of fully discussing the application of English settlers for farms here.
The Bishop of Carpentaria deolaros that it is absurd to suppose that Australia will be allowed to permanently block settlement in the north. Other nations teeming with population will object to the dog in the manger polioy, which shuts out the only labor capable of developing the territory. Melbourne, Sept. 21.
A select oommitteo has begun taking ovidenoe as to the mail service between Australia and Great Britain. Mr Soott, secretary of the Central Post Office Administration, expressed the opinion that there was a shipping ring which restricted competition. The mail contraot of the Post Office was very much at the mercy of one company.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1565, 22 September 1905, Page 4
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