FEDERAL POLITICS
TARIFF QUESTION STATE-OWNED ATLANTIC CABLE "SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE." fey Telegraph, -frew A*socl»tlon.-O<spyrlght. (Received October 10, 9.30 a.m.) ' MELBOURNE, This Day. In the Federal House of Represents 1 tives, Mr. Tudor, Minister for Trade and Customs, stated that the tariff question was not likely to be reopened this session. Mr. Joseph Cook urged that someI thing should be done to induce the Imperial Government to come to a decision regarding a State-owned Atlantic cable. The modicum between the price now charged and what it would cost to run ft cable would turn it into a paying proposition. The Minister replied that a motion had been submitted to the Imperial Conference, but had been turned down owing to the* opposition of the Imperial Government.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 88, 10 October 1912, Page 7
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