STATE POLITICS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXI, Issue 15494, 21 December 1910, Page 9

STATE POLITICS.

NEW SOUTH WALES. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, December 20. Tho Legislative assembly is continuing its long sittings, the Government forcing business by moans of the clos--ro. The Parliamentary Elections Bill passed its third reading. The Inspector-General of Polico refutes Mr Holman’s statement that 50 per cent of the reported crimes go unpunished. He quotes statistics to show that GO per cent of the offences reported last year wore punished. During tho consideration of tho Murruinbidgee irrigation scheme in the Legislative Assembly, Mr Lee, ex-Min-istor of Lands, stated that the Barren Jack dam would irrigato 350,000 acres. This area was eventually increased to 1,500,000 acres, to provide for the settlement of 150,000 persons and to represent a production valuo of £3,500,000 annually. (Received December 21, 1.18 a.m.) SYDNEY, December 20. In tho Legislative Assembly the loan estimates were submitted by the Treasurer. They represent an expenditure of £4,935,000. The Mines Ventilation Bill passed ail its stages.

QUEENSLAND. BRISBANE, December 20. The Treasurer tabled the loan proposals. The total amount asked was £9,991,000, the whole of which would be expended on railway construction, the extension of tho great western lino absorbing over £4,000,000, and the north coast line £2 4 82Q,QQ0.