THE QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 18 June 1913, Page 5

THE QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT.

. ~ ■, •%,. '.. BRISBANE, June i?..-.;.! , OParlianient: opened ..■■to-day. The 'iCoy-/ei-ridr'-s■-. speecn- indicated' that a. Bill -would be imtnediatelf ~introduced Atx. fnake\sttgar-grQwrng and mamtftteturjng. in.Queensland a white labor industry, and provide that growers receive a direct amount equal to the excise duty, which would be abolished, without deduction in respect of any' lien on/their c.rop&-or any other encumbrance. /Other measures foreshadowed, include a Bill to raise a loan for Hie purpose of retiring several, existing .loans. . )'i-::.!\.i}' ' ■'•