AUSTRALIAN POLITICS
PROGRESSIVE LAND TAX. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Melbourne, Juiy 'J. In the course of tire censure debate some of the speakers claimed that the progressive land tax in New Zealand had failed in its objects of breaking up large estates and of keeping land values down. They predicted a similar failure here. The debate was adjourned until Tuesday.
PERSONAL ATTACKS: Melbourne, July 9. Sir William Lyne imparted life into the censure debate by making bitter personal attacks on members of Hie Cabinet over the fusion of the Deakin and Cook parties. He concluded by demanding an increased duty on timber and claimed that the industry was being ruined.
THE PREMIER'S CONFERENCE. Melbourne, July 0. The Premier's Conference has been arranged to be held in Melbourne on August 1:1. The chief subject for discussion is the financial relations between the Stales and the Commonwealth. The Prime Minister will attend and give nls views.
THE CENSURE DEBATE. Received July 10, 1.3 a.m. Melbourne, Last Night. The censure debate has been adjourned till Tuesday.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19090710.2.21
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 138, 10 July 1909, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
172AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 138, 10 July 1909, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in