AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.
PEB PBESS ASSOCIATION. Melbourne, June 29. In the Senate Mr. Best (Victoria) was elected Chairman of Committees The House.adcp'ed a motion in favour of making provision in Government c-'ntrjets for payment of a minimum rate of wages and fixing the maximum h;ur of Lbour, the wages to be in accordant wi'h rates ruling in a. acd that the Commonwealth F.i 1.-immt accept full power to make laws fo.- Australia as to wagfs, and hour.*, and conditions of labour. Perth, June 13. Parliament has opened. The speech contained no startling features. Sir Jamie Lee Steere was elee'ed Speaker of the Assembly. The Government is in a minority of from three to five in the tew Parliament, but will probably not be cha'lenged till after the Rojal visit.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 137, 1 July 1901, Page 3
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128AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 137, 1 July 1901, Page 3
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