AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.
THE FETTERED PUBLICAN. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, September 25.
The Assembly adopted Mr. Meagher's motion expressing the opinion that the exclusion of publicans from the Commission of the Peace wa> an unwarrantable reflection on a law-abidin" section of citizens.
The Early Closing P,i!l passed the second reading. Mr. Carmieliael ha= promised a Rill specially dealing with Sunday trading. THE MATERNITY BONUS. Melbourne, September 25. Mr. Fisher argued that there was no itigma of charity about the bonus, and that it would not knock the spirit out of people. Many women went through the trials of childbirth with little else than their spirit. The Government was going to help them with a little comfort.
Mr. Deakin voiced a protest at the waste of public money on a mere suppositious theory and tl.e offering of a bait. The allowance should be limited to cases of actual need.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 111, 26 September 1912, Page 5
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147AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 111, 26 September 1912, Page 5
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