FEDERAL POLITICS.
Bj( teJegrtrirh,- P*ess Ass’n, Conyrigh Received 10.44 p.m., July 12? Melbourne, July 12.
A deputation of Queensland members, asking the Minister for Customs So continue .the sugar bounty, declared it wrb essential for tho continuance of the industry. Thc-ro was plenty of white labor now available. If it wore known that tho bounty would be coctinuod this would be utilisod in planting. Non-extension would mean ns passing ioto the bands of the Japanese, Chinese, and other aliens. Sir W. Lytu-, in reply, slid the Government intended !o exteud the buuuty for a substantial torm, but he was unable to gay for how long. The Labor Conference adopted tho principle of civil equality of men und womon, and decided so add a progressive tax on unimproved land values to its fighting platform ; also that t-ho Labor movement be brought iulo organised relationship with international movements. Steps wire taken to secure Australia’s representation at tho next international conference.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1505, 13 July 1905, Page 2
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158FEDERAL POLITICS. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1505, 13 July 1905, Page 2
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