FEDERAL POLITICS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 228, 29 August 1912, Page 5

FEDERAL POLITICS.

! THE BABY BONUS BILL. Melbourne, Aug. 28. The Federal Cabinet has decided to pay the maternity allowance in respect of stillborn and unlivable children. "■

i POTATO REGULATIONS. i i (Received 29, 11.0 a.m.) Melbourne, Aug. 29. : Mr. Tudor, Federal Minister for j Customs, in reply to a request to reI lax the regulations against the imi portation of potatoes owing to high : prices, said it had been decided to ; somewhat modify the prohibition ! temporarily, until local supplies were ; mode adequate, but special precaui tion must be taken against the disease and potatoes must not be admitted unless certified. MALONE’S WASTED SATIRE. (Received 29, 10.50 a.m.) Melbourne, Aug. 29. = In the Federal House, during the Budget debate, Doctor Malone advocated that Australia, besides building her own fleet unit, should con-J struct a fleet of dreadnoughts and present them to “the dear Homeland.” THE GAS BILL. (Received 29, 10.50 aim.) Sydney, Aug. 29.

In the Assembly the Hon. J. Carmichael .moving the second reading of the Gas Bill, which provides for reducing prices and fixing the rate of interest, claimed that it was a reasonable proposition. The interest would pay a fair dividend of five per centum and do a fair thing by the consumer. Counsel for the companies would address the House to-day in support of their interests.