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COMMONWEALTH COMMENTS. LABOUR UNIVERSITY REPORT. (United Press Association—By Cable— Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.! (Received 5, 9.45 a.m.) Melbourne, Sept. 5. Tho belief that Australia has too many Governments for its six millions of population, thereby increasing tho burden of taxation, finds support, says the Melbourne “Herald,” in reports of the Constitutional Commission which was appointed last year to inquire into the constitution of the Commonwealth in tho light of experience gained since the Federation. Four sectional reports prepared on the matter suggest giving increased powers to the Commonwealth Government. The Labour minority report recommends the aboltion of State Parliaments as at present constituted and tho creation of new States or provinces, governed by local bodies and deriving their powers from tho Commonwealth Parliament,
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 221, 5 September 1929, Page 5
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