AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 July 1921, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

SETTLING AUSTRALIA, By Telegraph.—l ress Assn —Copyright. Sydney, July 29. Mr. Carruthers, amplifying the statement of his scheme for settlement, said ' that there was sufficient idle land available Ito provide an average oi 1740 acres for • one million new settlers. He suggested asking Britain to construct railways to ! open up the country in return for land Iconcessions. He added that it is understood the British Government sympathetically received a somewhat similar scheme from the Federal Government. FIRST LADY M.P. Perth, July 29. In the Assembly, Mrs. Cowan, in moving the Address-in-Reply, attributed her eleci tion as the first woman member to Parliament to the fact that electors felt at times that male members needed a reminder to make them realise what should be done for the race and the home. TARIFF BILL PASSED. Melbourne, July 29. The Senate has passed the Tariff Board Bill by 13 votes to 11. THE CONTROL OF WHEAT. Adelaide, July 29. In the Assembly the Premier refused to accede to the request for a referendum amongst the farmers over the Government’s decision to decontrol wheat. VICTORIAN POLITICS. Melbourne, July 29. It is understood that Mr. Lawson intends to ask the Governor to dissolve the State Parliament, whereas the Country Party proposes to move for a reconstructed Ministry consisting of the members at present sitting on the Ministerial side. Labor is not favorable to a dissolution but is prepared to risk an appeal to the electors rather than permit the opportunity of the Ministry to pass.