AUSTRALIAN NEWS
LARGE DONATION,
FOR DR MAWSON’S EXPEDITION,
(Australian Press Association.)
(Received this dav at. 11 a.ra., CANBERRA, May 2.
Mr MacEobertson who gave £IO,OOO fcteriingf for the “Discovery’s’’ recent Antarctic voyage,'has offered another £OOOO which the Federal Government has, accepted, and Ur Mawson will resume his exploration in accordance with the plans tentatively . prepared. No further Government grant, is considered necessary. . \
CENTRAL RESERVE BANK.*
CANBERRA, May 2 ;
The House read a second time thb Central Reserve Bank Bill. In the course of a speech the Treasurer (Mi Theodore) claimed the measure was necessary for the stabilisation.- of Australian finance, and would not lead to any revolutionary change in the Commonwealth Bank. Mr Theodore stated the total indebtedness of thD Commonwealth and States amounted to £1,104,028,062 sterling.'
A PROTEST,
CANBERRA, May 2
The adjournment of both Houses will be moved to-day to protest against the announcement by the Federal Minister of Works that in order to obtain preference, returned soldiers must now be unionists.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1930, Page 5
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