FEDERAL POLITICS.
MOTION OF CENSUiE. A SLASHING SPEECH. lleceived 21, 0.50 a.m. Melbourne, Last Night. In a full House, Mr. Keid moved a motion of censure oil the Government over their Budget proposals. In a slashing -peech he charged the. Government with reckless liuanee, which enormously increased the revenue. It was proposed to absorb the whole of the revenue remaining after paving back three-fourths, to the States. This would leave nothing to meet the vicissitudes of Federal liuanee, and would leave no margin of [ safetv .in a desperate system of limillec. I The Federal service, especially the Post Office and Defence Departments, were being starved, while the Government proposed largely to increase the outl'ry in connection with old-age pensions, the ilefonee sebenie, immigration, and iu I other direction-.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 255, 21 October 1908, Page 3
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128FEDERAL POLITICS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 255, 21 October 1908, Page 3
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