FEDERAL POLITICS.
THE PROPOSED HIGH COftTjaiS-.:. ».'; .:- sk»neb.- :j ; :: : , ■-..' THE CAPfTAL SITE. . : ''; (PKES3 ASSOCIATIOK.— COPTMOHI.) ■•• ' (Received 11.20 a.m.) '-■:'. y - -■:."■ MELBOURNE, Friday. ,/' The High Commisisonerßill has pass- ■ ed through the Committee stages in tM Federal muse. The salary is^faed at £3000, with an allowance of £2000 lor an official residence. The proceedings, were heated, the Opposition resenting, the G*>-. vernment's further appli<»tion-, of tne dOSUre< SYDNEY^Friday;- ■ In the State Assembly, in tha. debate on the transfer of the .Federal capital site territory at Yass to the. Federal Government the proposal was' well reoeived. -All "parties were in f avonr of ties*, ing the Commonwealth generously. Al-. together, including the catchment area, thl proposed transfer ref er&to about 1300 aquaVe miles, the valu© ; of two - : years" ago was estimated at iAS M,«w. ; • ■•-'_ ■ .
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 17 September 1909, Page 2
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