FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
PROBABLY NEXT YEAR. .Received Juno LM, 9.15 a.in. MELBOURNE. Juno 24. Unless the Government should bo defeated in the meantime, it is unlikely that the Federal elections will be held until Parliament expires by effluxion ot time in February. It is understood that Mr Hughes’s stumping trip” through the various States has convinced him that nothing would be gained by an earlier appeal to iho people.—Press Association. COMING LEGISLATION, Received June 24, noon. MELBOI RNE, Jane 24. Mr Hughes has announced that Cabinet has put the finishing touches on the programme for next session. It is understood 1 1)at iho Coveruor-Gcuoral’s speech v.ill deal with supply, superannuation for the Public Service, ratification of the provis ional tariff agreement between Australia and New Zealand, redistribution of seats, amendments to the Defence and Arbitration Aces, uniformity of company legislation, and land and income taxation.—-Press Association,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 432, 24 June 1922, Page 5
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