IRON BONUS BILL.
UNEXPECTED OPPOSITION. Received September 23, 10.20 a.m. MELBOURNE, September 23. Mr Dealcin, Prime Minister, promised that the Federal Treasurer would make a statement before the Iron Bonus Bill was gone on with. Mr Deakin moved later that the Bill be taken up at the stage at which it was dropped last session, but unexpected opposition came from the Labour side of the House. Mr Watson expressed alarm, in view of the state of the Federal finances, at the incurring of an expenditure of a quarter of a million over this proposal. He preferred, with a great many others, that the money should be provided by the imposition of a 12J per cent, duty against foreigners, and a 10 per cant, duty against England. Other Labour members favoured a duty instead of a bonus. Further consideration of the matter was postponed.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3000, 24 September 1908, Page 5
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143IRON BONUS BILL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3000, 24 September 1908, Page 5
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