N.S.W. FARMERS' CONFERENCE.
POLITICAL : PLATFORM. (Pbes3 Association. —Copyright.) '- (Rec. 9.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. At the Farmers' Conference, Mr Beeby said the political machine had degraded politics till there was no ; semblance of democracy. The machine was denying the right of a substantial majority to political representation. The only* way to overcome this was by proportional representation. The meeting decided on the following planks as a platform.:—Electoral reform ; national insurance; decentralisation ; a vigorous policy of immigration; extension of railway/,- closer settlement; extension and definition of Federal powers.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 16 July 1915, Page 8
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