N.S. WALES POLITICS.
OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. SYDNEY, May 15. The State Parliament, opens at noon. The Governor's Speech foreshadow?, amongst others, bills for a new scheme or industrial arbitration, an amendment of the Workmen's Compensation Act, increased land settlement, the amalgamation of tine Government Savings Bank, establishment of a Court of Criminal Appeal, decentralisation of railways and ports, the formation of a Department of Industry, university reform, extension of workmen's dwellings scheme, and a tunnel connecting with North Sydney* ' :. The condition of the Chief Secretary (Mr Macdonnell) is improving. It is understood that the Government intends to lower the income tax limit to £2OO.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2983, 17 May 1911, Page 27
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104N.S. WALES POLITICS. Otago Witness, Issue 2983, 17 May 1911, Page 27
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