THE PROROGATION.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12377, 16 December 1905, Page 9

THE PROROGATION.

report on 'T^iokj^^-.ianni^-U '••■-■: •■ - - ..'■'■ln. the.' Senatei .• Mr' Play'ford .;.eaid;r3he' .-;■' hoped that Parliament wb^ild ; t©•;.pro- , Thiinsday;neifc^? : \ '■■--;-'..*.V{'i?>-'-'-".".-'- ,: - ---'The Contract '<, Labour and Immigra- r tion Bills were passed through their rema-inrng etag«e ivith , elight »mendmente»';'-.' ,,: ■' -; : '>' ; \:y ; "^'■'■■^'■•■'^U i^ In the House of Represontativea, Mr Doakin, do reply to » question, eaid he eaiw nothing in the. Anti-Truet. Bill, inconflistent with preferential trade. f On the contrary, ; . ■he ! thoughts that (until some euoh proviekm wae made botii in,. the Mother Country and all the dominions of the Empire .aero would not; be adequato means .of protecting trade. ' . The report of the district eurveyor of the are* of D»le&ty,> from which the capital cite is propoeed chosetv ; has been tabled. His inetructione were to aupply descriptione of aroae of 100. 200, 632, and 900 equaro milee, the first two to be arranged co that the eeat of Government should be within eeventeen miles of Dalgety, also deeoription* of the means of aoc«£s to the sea,' with fa limit of fifteen miles on either eide. The report etotce that apart from the Snowy ; river water supply, with ite eources of power equal to any demande may be made thereon, Dalgety pofieeesee no advantage over other cites. Urging the great importance of the water supply, he suggests that an area of 1550 miles, embracing the whole catchment are* of the river ebaulil be controlled, the Federal Government to preserve it from pollution. He estimates that the values of the Crown and alienated lands involved ■ would range from £179,000 for 100 square miles to £1,216,000 for 800 square miles, and £1,744,000 for 1550) square miles, v