AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.
VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT. A POLICY SPEECH. -" ._ Melbourne, January 20. The Horn- -J. Murray delivered a policy speech, stating idwt. there was little prospect of the year closing W'th a large surplus, owing to the heavy reduction in the sum likely to be returned by the Comknonwcalhli. 'He foreshadowed a loan for reprodu;tive works on the first favourable opportunity, and said that several measures before the Council at the time of dissolution of Parliament would he reintroduced in the programme of the Government. Tho (iovernmi ill's- programme includes electoral and land reform, including the compulsory purchase of large estates for settlement purposes; workers 1 compensation for accidents, Statu insurance, and the. establishment of a Government coalmine. l,f, after his visit to New Zealand, the Minister of Lands showed any easier or better road to an extensive productive land settlement, the Government would not hesitate to follow on the lines of the. Dominion.
FEDERAL POLITICS. -Melbourne, January 20. The Federal Parliament has been fur titer prorogued until March 10.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 328, 21 January 1909, Page 2
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168AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 328, 21 January 1909, Page 2
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