AUSTRALIAN STATE POLITICS.
RETRENCHMENT IN QUEENSLAND. AN AiDVin-voE MOTION. United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. (Received July 22nd, 9.40 p.m.) BRISBANE, July 22. The Government's scheme for the reduction of salaries was tabled in the Assembly. It proposed to reduce Ministers' from £1000 to £850, members from £300 to £250, civil servants not exceeding £100 by 5 per cent., not exceeding £450 by 10 per cent-, over that 15 per cent. (Received July 23rd, 12.24 a.m.) BRISBANE, July 22. In the Assembly, in Committee of Supply, Mr Kidson moved a vote of want of confidence in the shape of an amendment that the Government financial proposals are unsatisfactory. The Premier, in the course of his reply, announced tha-t he intended to borrow a million for public works.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11332, 23 July 1902, Page 8
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