AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10579, 7 October 1910, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

[By Electric -Jelegraph —Cgpybicht.]

(Pee Press Association.)

Received October 7, at 10.15 .a.m,

Melbourne. October 7. •, The land tax debate was resumed:: .v,. In. the-House of Ilepresentati ves,i,MiGroom "moved in favor of ei 'Federal;. Agricultural Bureau. - Tlie Minister of Customs ;'said"the. States objected, and tlie mjjtiou -was talked out. i ' < On the Lard Tax Bill, Mr Hughes moved a further amendment)! that'rany. person with intent "to - dikfi-aild 'by undervalumg by 25 per cent, was guilty of an indictable oftence m addition -to the ( otlier penalties piescubecj,, and for'■Mturefof all or parttraf stlie' lijnd undervalued. - i