WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
i ' . "■■' ■'!■•'■ ■■.'.■ ■'>[■ ■■ ■'■- ' '■■ ■'. *■ ;■'■'■ ministry's policy. ': ; \^ . deficit, £102,000.—decrease in ; ■ ~':: ■■■■ '•■■ ..■:.■ gold. '..■/:;■■ [./]■:■': ' (Bj Teleßraph.rrPrcss' 'AB»oclalIon.-Oo»rrl|iht.l. . Perth,.July 21. ; The State Premier (Mr. 1 N..J. Moore), in .a policy speech, said tho deficit last year, amounted to £102,000. . . '. ;■ ■- The area under crop, he stated, had' increaeed by 70,000 acres, . and applications had been received for two'million acres. Tho goldfields • production amounted! to £6,999,000, as compared ; with £7,210,000 in the previous year.,, decrease was. due ' to t'he treatment of lower-grado ores, > but the industry was sound and profitable. '
The Premier foreshadowed largo railway .development, liberalisation of tho Legislative Council qualification, a Redistribution of Seats Bill on a population.'basis, and a Dairying Bill on New Zealand lines. -
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 566, 22 July 1909, Page 5
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