AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.
OLD-AGE AXD INVALID PEXSIOXS. WHEAT ADMITTED DUTY FREE. Deceived ]:), :>.5 p.m. >Svdnev, December 12. Tim House at Sa'tur.liivV siUim; passed tin- Dill to create a Ivnst, fund of live, millions for ohl-a-o and imalid pensions. ilr Cook's iiiii.-ini:!:.-nt to limit tli,' increase in tlif land tax and probate duties lo tin- oisd of (.he war was negatived by :,',) to 22. Jlr. Tudor announced thai, tin' (iovor.iincnt linil derided to r.-i.ii.vf. as from noon vcsterdnv, Ihe duty of Is ;J,l per cental on wheal import-d to the Com-mn-iwcallh, the roe-en for the aid ion bcim,' that tlio -ea-on', .vquiivnienU ii: Australia wcr- abost :i,,ov.,min bmemD, inidmiin,'.' ]n,i:;:-u.i;-uu for s 1, while the supplies' woiv only about two-thirds of thai; quantity. It v.-as not intended to admit five wheat for nil time, but in order to meet iiie present cmerircncy it Mas proposed to make it posdble to imjiort free. After ;i debate, showing a stroii!,' objection by a number of members.'a resolution was adopted, endorsinf;' tlie propositi.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 161, 14 December 1914, Page 8
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168AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 161, 14 December 1914, Page 8
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