AUSTRALIAN POLITICS
THE FEDERAL ELECTORAL BILL. By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyrltfit. MELBOURNE, December 8. The Federal House ’of Representatiros, after a thirty-six hours’ sitting, passed the second reading of the Electoral Bill. A, clause was provisionally inserted requiring all articles, paragraphs, and reports appearing in . newspapers and dealing -with election matters, to have the .name and address of the writers attached, under a penalty of fifty pounds.' The Bill does not provide for,postal voting. ' COMMONWEALTH BANK BILL. ’ WEST AUSTRALIAN LABOUR PARTY’S OBJECTION. PERTH, December 8. The State 1 Labour party adopted a resolution against the Federal Banking Bill, believing that such a bank would seriously interfere with the financial arrangements and development of the State.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7980, 11 December 1911, Page 1
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