AUSTRALIAN POLITICS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 131, 1 July 1909, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS

FEDERAL IMIUiX-Ufli r. I Melbourne, Ju' 30. The liovemmeut wiil do I, Jiing regard to tlie ruductioii oI /he cable race till the censure motion <> disposed

ot '- . 11 The House carried tl.e Government, supply proposals by 3-1 votes to 20, after ail aeriuuui.ous debate, during which |ne' eliairinau threatened to name Mr. Joseph Cook (Minister of Defence), who resented Sir W. Lync's taunts. | Received July 1, 1.5 a.m. Melbourne, Last Night r The House is; discussing the second reading of the Supply liill. HEW SOUTH VYAJ.ES PARLIAMENT. Sydney, Juno 30. ( The Hon. C. C. Wade, K.C., Premier j of New South .Wales, stated that ho had been urged to accept the Oh<el Justic'*iliip, but had declined. ! Tlw msure debate was adjourned.

Keceived July 1, 1.5 Sydney, Last Xne vo l c of censure debate is dragging I VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT. 1

Ilwtived June 30, !).:> p.m. Melbourne, .lune 30. The Governor opened the Parliament. In a speech he referred to the satisfactory condition of the tinanees, a3id exprese&d his conlidence tint Victorians would cheerfully bear tm-ir proportion of the cost of a Dreadnougl.t. The speech promised, in conjunction with New South Wales, to recognise i.w urgency of effecting a fundamental change in the incidence of land taxation. A Hill is promised providing .or an unimproved value tax. Irrigation and intensive culture of irrigable areas wfll received prominent attention. The construction of a modem dock at Melbourne to supply the requirements ot | the Admiralty and mercantile shipping services are included in the programme, as is also a vigorous railway construction. The establishment of a State coal mine is proposed, as well as the prvv.'rttion and eradication of tuberculosis.

QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT. Received June 30, fl.o Brisbane, June 30. Parliament was officially opened today. The- Governor's speech referred to the efforts made to induce the State to participate in »aval defence, lmt declined Oil ttos ground that it duty of the Commonwealth to conlio naval and military affairs. Promised legislation includes several new inil«ajs, a Bill for the creation of a university, and a Licensing Bill.