WEST AUSTRALIA.
Important JPronouiiceEsiea.t toy tie Premier. (Received 10.10 a.m.)
PEB.TH, this day. The Premier, in making an announcement as to the policy of the Government, said it was intended to appoint a thoroughly capable business man as AgentGeneral in London, rather than a gentleman to appear at social functions. In view of declining revenue a spirited public works policy would be abandoned. It was proposed at the nf*x.t general election to take a referendum on the question of government by one House of Parliament, and on 1 lie <]iiestion of household suffrage. Old age pensions would be introduced, the money required being raised by a tax on Ihe totalisator, racing clubs, and on the profits of State hotels. A tax on the unimproved value of land, with £1000 exemption, was proposed. The Government also desired to place the mining industry on such a footing that the community would share in the profits distributed.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 202, 24 August 1904, Page 5
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