FEDERAL POLITICS
MATTERS BEFORE PARLIAMENT.
(Received December 8, 1 p,m.)
MELBOURNE, This Day. The House of Representatives by 51. votes to 9 adjourned the debate on the Convention Bill, virtually shelving it. ' Mr. Fowler proposes .to move an amendment to Dr. Earl Page's motion to reduce salaries, by suggesting a sliding scale in accordance with the) distance travelled:—-Members within two hours of Parliament House to receive £600; within twelve hours, £700; ' and others £800. The' exchange para-graph in the AntiDumping Bill was agreed to. It proi vid-es that if the exchange value of an
exporting country is depreciated enabling an Australian importer to buy at prices detrimental to Australian industry, a dumping exchange duty.may be imposed.
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 138, 8 December 1921, Page 6
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