AUSTRALIA
United Press Association—By EJeotrio Telegraph—Copyright. CONFERENCE OF PREMIERS. (Received April 23, 1.12 a.m.) SYDNEY, April 22,
The Premiers' Conference has concluded. It was resolved that States should be compensated for properties taken over by the Commonwealth by payment in cash or in Commonwealth bonds at 3£ per cent; that the debts of States should be taken over as soon as possible ; that aliens naturalised in one State should not be considered aliens in another State; that States should maintain the right of directly communicating with the Imperial Government on matters within their own powers without reference to .the" Commonwealth.". ;•.'' "
QUEENSLAND FINANCES. BRISBANE, April 22.
The State Treasurer stated that Federation was responsible for the dislocation of finances by over half a million. ' It was evident not only to Queensland, but also to Australia, that in the past Borrowing had 'been done too largely. The policy of loan expenditure would have to be curtailed. NORFOLK ISLAND GRIEVANCES. , NORFOLK ISLAND, April 22. The Council of Elders resigned in a body as a protest against the dog tax, also to direct attention to other grievances.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CIX, Issue 13108, 23 April 1903, Page 5
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