STATE POLITICS.
6 ' NEW SOUTH WALES. j (By Cablo.—Press Association.— Copyright.) j SYDNEY, July '-•-• I In the Assembly. Mr A. Wade, in moving his motion of censure on. the Necessary Commodities Act. said that he desired to show that the members ot the Commission had lo«=t signt of the purposes cf the Act. As a result the Commission itself caused a scarcer or foodstuffs by fixing prices pelmv their market rate, thus waking it impracticable for the other States to supply the shortajies. . ■ The debate wes adjourned to August 24th. (Received July 22nd. 5.15 p.m.) Mr Hall, in defendins the Commodities Commission apaiiwt Mr Wade s chare«, claimed that the Commission, in filling the prices of wheat, butter, eas and other comedities, oi increasing the cost or "" n S» had saved the people o f tho . btato £1,-101,000, ]ycsides subsidiary savings.
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 15338, 23 July 1915, Page 4
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