FEDERATED AUSTRALIA.
PETITION IN FAVOR OF SWEEPS.
Press Association. Electric Telegraph.
Copyright.
Melbourne, June 27.
The Supply Bill, the first legislative enactment of the Commonwealth Parliament, has received Lord Hopetoim's
assent
In the Senate a petition from Tasmania was presented against any alteration of the law with regard to sweep-. It declu-ed that if present arrangements were,altered Tasmania would lose £20,000, and tho Commonwealth £50,000 of revenue annually.
Mr Findiay intends to contest the vacant seat in tho Assembly for East Melbourne.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXV, Issue 147, 28 June 1901, Page 2
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82FEDERATED AUSTRALIA. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXV, Issue 147, 28 June 1901, Page 2
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