SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S FINANCE
APPEAL TO COMMONWEALTH. (Australian Press Association.) (Received this nay at 10.30 a.m.) ADELAIDE, Aug, 28, Premier Hall, informed Parliament of the grounds of his appeal fn» Commonwealth assistance, An important item was the State must lie mm•bursed for the loss incurred owing to the Federal policy, “We nre faced with a deficit of £2,789,000 this year,” he said. By a policy of retrenchment and economy of the 'harshest character, from which not even hospitals would be exempt and which would swell the menacing ranks of unemployed to such a. degree as to challenge the preservation of law and order, we will reduce the amount by £1,789,000, leaving a balance of £1,000,000. This is less than the disabilitie sinflicted upon us by the Federation and must he 'build by the Commonwealth if we are to put our signatures to the undertaking which Sir Otto Nieitieyer placed before us. We are the most hiavily taxed of the States, showing we honestly tried to meet pur obligati ms.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 August 1930, Page 5
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168SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S FINANCE Hokitika Guardian, 28 August 1930, Page 5
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