COMMONWEALTH POLITICS

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2323, 16 October 1908, Page 3

COMMONWEALTH POLITICS

THE FEDERAL BUDGET,

SIR IVM. LYNE’S SPEECH,

United Press Association. Copyright . MELBOURNE, Oct. 15. } Sir William Lyne said that the amiount repaid the'States last year was .'£8,859,596, which was £1,080,000 ■above the' estimate. 11l future the (States would not receive a penny more than the statutory three-fourths. “Since Federation they had received £0,059,000 in excess of three-fourths. The estimated revenue for the current Vear was £14,577,271. Customs (excise exempted) yielded £11,040,711,imd the Post Ollice Department £B,(483,000. The expenditure was £6,'513,579. Tho Post Office appropriations provide for an increased £229,-' 1000. The defence expenditure was I £1,102,681, an increase of £18,1(6. ’Tliis is* exclusive of £150,000 for coastal harbor defence. The amount that would be returned to the States was ~£B 063,693, a decrease of £790,9U4. The estimated Federal old age pensions would cost £1,225,000 per aninum, the levy for the current year .feeing £410,800. The proposals m;elude a Federation Stamp Printing : Office Bill and Coinage Bill. ihe ‘coinage of Australian silver and gold 'coin is expected to yield an annual {profit of £56,000. The issue of Com{monwealth notes is also foreshadowed. \Reference was made to the steady def velopment of Papua.

\ a NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION. - [United Press Association. Copyright (Received Oct. 15, 11.35 p.m.)

V MELBOURNE, Oct. 15. t Before the House rises to-niglit, Mr ■Reid moved a want-of-confidence motion over the Budget proposals. -

AN EIGHT-HOURS DEPUTATION. : AN UNFAVORABLE RECEPTION.

United Press Association. Copyright SYDNEY, Oct. 15.

'Mr. Wade, tho Premier, gave an .unsympathetic reply to a deputation asking for the introduction of a Bill for the application of the eight-hours principle wherever practicable. ; WANT-OF-CONFIDENCE DEBATE. ; A QUESTION OF SALARIES. ; United Press Association. Copyright HOBART. Oct, 15. A want-of -confidence debate is proceeding in tho Assembly over the action°of the Government in paying extra salary to do work usually performed by three. • LOCAL OPTION. A NEW BILL. United Press Association. Copyright ADELAIDE, Oct. 15. A Bill has been introduced to lmprove- and extend "the local option principle. The provisions dnerudo 10gistration of the existing barmaids and prohibition of the employment of barmaids in tho future. THE CAPITAL SITE. ADULT SUFFRAGE BILL. United Press Association. Copyright MELBOURNE,. Oct.. 15. Tlio Senate allots the capital site on the 29th. x> , In the Assembly, Sir Thomas Bent introduced the Adult Suffrage Bill.