AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.
QUEENSLAND POLITICS. BRISBANE, December 31. ■ The general election has been fixed to take place on. February 5, January 3. Mr Philp has . issued a manifesto ,to the electors stating' that the Government intends without delay to pass a measure to foster oversea* transport by subsidising a line of steamers with sufficient refrigerating space for the trade between Queensland, Britain, x and tha'East via Torres Strait. - It is intended to reduce the number of members of the Assembly and- place • the Council on an elective basis, to Establish Wages Boards,, to increase the old-age pension to 10s weekly, and to take a referendum on the question of religious instruction in schools.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 28
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112AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 28
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