COMMONWEALTH POLITIGS.
AN AUSTRALIAN NICKEL. A HIGH COMMISSIONER AT £SOOO . A YEAR. United Press Association —Copyright. MELBOURNE, August 7. The Senate, in the recommittal stages of the Old Age Pensions Bill, adopted an amendment, excluding naturalised British subjects from invalid pensions. The House of Representatives agreed to accept nickel as an alternative to the brown ’coin in the Coinage Bill. MELBOURNE, August 7. The High Commissioner’s Bill was read a first time. The appointment will be for • five- years, at a salary of £3OOO, with an allowance of £2OOO annually for the up-keep of the official residence, and travelling expenses. The duties are, besides representing the Commonwealth, to look after the commercial, financial, and general interests of the States, in order to more economically and effectively advance the'material interests and welfare of every part of Australia. Mr Deakin announced that steps were being taken to provide boats and provisions at Middleton reef for The use of castaways.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2575, 9 August 1909, Page 5
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157COMMONWEALTH POLITIGS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2575, 9 August 1909, Page 5
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