FEDERAL POLITICS.
ELECTORAL BILL'S DRASTIC CLAUSE. . Uiated Press Association—By Electrio ' Telegraph—Copyright " MELBOURNE, December 16. In the House of Representatives the Electoral and Sugar Excise Bills passed 1 the third reading. The Senate's amendments to tho Contract Immigrants Bill, adopted on the second reading, and the r Capital Site Bill will be taken to-day. A clause has been inserted in the ' j Electoral Bill making it punishable for 1 a candidate three.months before an elec--1 tion to make contributions to any public - association, including charitable institu--1 tioms. Tho Senate, by 12 rotee to 11, negatived the second reading of the Manui facturers' Encouragement Bin. One "' member declared it was a sham and a 1 [ fraud, and others that it was worth { nothing.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12378, 18 December 1905, Page 7
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