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A USTRALIAX AGITATION. SYDNEY, April 30. 'The Royal Commission which is enquiring in connection with the agitation for the formation of new States, has opened. Representatives of the Government gave evidence thnt they now adhered to the one specific proposal that the Federal Parliament should he empowered to consent to the establishment of new States, without having first to obtain the consent of the State Parliament. It was also desired that the new State Parliament have the. privilege of framing their own constitutions. VICTORIAN POLITICS. .MELBOURNE, May I. Mr Bowser was elected Speaker of the State Assembly, defeating Lawson, by 32 to 2(1, on strict party voting;. Labour unanimously supported thie Country Party nomination. AUSTRALIAN WOOL CLIP. MELBOURNE, -May 1. At the half yearly meeting of tlie Royal Bank of Australia, the Chairman reviewing tlie Australian industries anticipated the 1023-21 void cli/> would realise upwards of fifty .millioris sterling. LIVING WAGE. ADELAIDE, May 1. ’The Hoard of Industry fixed tho adult living wage at 13s 8d daily, an increase of 7d over the previous declaration. QU KENS LA N D I*o LI 'TICS. BRISBANE, May 1.
The State Parliament moots on .29th .Tilly, when day sittings from 9.30 to 5.30 will he given a trial.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 May 1924, Page 3
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