NEW FEDERAL BILL
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ALL N.S.W. REVENUES AND CASH MAY NOW BE SEIZED GENERAL CRASH FEARED
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Rec. April 28, 9.40 p.m. CANBERRA, Thurs. The House of Representatives £assed an Amehding Finan^ial Agreerhent Enforcament Bjll through all stages b'y 43 votess to 13 votes, The bill will be passed by the Senate as an tfrgent measure today. The bill is more drastie than the : original measure and cdvers up all i loopholes for Mr. Lang to evade the enforcement of the Prexpiers' agreement. The Commonwealth propases to attach the whole of the revenue of New South Wales, and prohably to seize the money now held in the Treasufy vaults. • The NeW South Wales members of the Unifed' Country Party waited on the Prime Minister Mr. J. A. Lyons, . and urged the Ministry to proceed without delay to eompel the New South Wales Government to carry out its obligations. Dr. Earle Page announced that his party was' solidly behind the Government. He added' that' unless something happened to correet the position of New South Wales the whole of Australia would he involved in a general crash.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 210, 29 April 1932, Page 5
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