AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.
INTERSTATE COMMISSION. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Melbourne, December 12. The Interstate Commission Bill was introduced in the Federal House. Three commissioners will investigate from time to time anything requiring enquiry in the public interest, such as foreign markets, the price of commodities, unemployment, immigration and the control of rivers. The chief commissioner will receive £2500 and the other two £IOOO and travelling expenses. The appointments will be for seven years.
ME. NEILSEN'S RESIGNATION.
Sydney, December 12. The Government has learned that Mr. Neilsen, who is somewhere in America, has posted his resignation from the Assembly to the Speaker. Efforts are being made to discover his whereabouts, with the view of inducing him to cable cancelling his letter. Tin's development renders the political situation still more interesting, owing to the precarious majority of the Government.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 177, 13 December 1912, Page 5
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135AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 177, 13 December 1912, Page 5
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