COMMONWEALTH CABLES.
(A CONSCIENTIOUS POLITICIAN. Brisbane, September 4. In the Assembly, Mr Grant explained that ho resigned his portfol o because of the Government’s decision to stop the construction of the railway to a now coalfield for the benefit of a colliery wherein lie was interested. He was determined not to. place himself in a position where people could say he used iiis Ministerial office for the benefit of himself.
THE MATERNITY BONUS. Melbourne, September 4. A deputation representing the various churches of the State waited upon the Prime Minister (Mr Fisher) protesting against granting the proposed maternity bonus to illegitimate and ■still-born children, on the ground that it would ho conducive to immorality and abortion. Mr Fisher replied that no argument would deter Cabinet from making the allowance to all mothers. Cabinet would take measures to guard against the practice of abortion. If the Government were empowered to spend money for the oaring of illegitimates he would see that it was done.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10, 5 September 1912, Page 5
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163COMMONWEALTH CABLES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10, 5 September 1912, Page 5
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