AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
«CS- ~ THE STATE PREMIERS. CONDEMN DUAL TAXES. ! DESIRE DAYLIGHT SAYING. j MELBOURNE. Dec, Jo. i The Premiers' Conference discussed ! the question of financing the States I without arriving at a decision. It was / resolved, however, that dual taxation was detrimental to tiic Commonwealth, It was decided that the Federal Government should be requested to abandon the proposed amusement tax, and also that Mr Hughes be asked to make daylight saving applicable to the whole of Australia on the lines of the Tasmanian Act. PROPOSAL PROM N.S.W. ABOLISH STATU GOVERNORS. SYDNEY, Dec. 15. The State Government has a proposal for submission to the Conference of Premiers involving the abolition of State Governors, it is suggested that each State should make its Chief Justice the head of the State Executive, ; and invest the Governor-General with powers to make him the link between the States and the Crown.
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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 16 December 1916, Page 5
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147AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 16 December 1916, Page 5
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