AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 100, 5 August 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

ARBITRATION' BILL. By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright Melbourne, August 4. In the House of Representatives the Arbitration Amendment Bill was further discussed. The Opposition pointed out that raising wages meant raising prices. It merely lowered the value of the sovereign. Mr. Deakin doubted if preference to unionists, as proposed, was constitutional. Several Labor members supported the Bill, and the debate was adjourned. WORKMEFS COMPENSATION. j Sydney, August 4; In the Assembly the Workmen's Com-1 pensation Bill passed through committee. A motion to include clerks was negatived. | ".■!*■ ~'.ig'&'- < '"?w;' . -**... —--UlJ^"- 1 '■ '.'-■■"■ TUBERCULOSiS BILL. I Sydney, August 4. In the Legis l rtive Council medical members strong 1 criticised the Tuberculosis Notification Bill, stating that it was harsh and cruel and unnecessary. The Vice-President of the Executive promised that if advised by the Government medical officer that pulmonary tuberculosis' was the only communicable 'form ihe would amend the measure. The second reading was carried. THE MINERS' DISPUTE. Sydney, August 4. Seaham Miners' Lodge, to which Mr. Paterson belongs, refuses to hear the revelations promised. The statement, the lodge considers, must be made to the delegate board. THE ARBITRATION BILL. DECIMAL COINAGE. Received August 4, 11.30 p.m. Melbourne, Last Night. In the House of Representatives, during an all-night sitting; the Arbitration Bill was caTried into committee. The House adopted, by 35 to 2, a motion in favor of the establishment of the decimal system of money, weights and