AUSTRALIAN PREMIERS’ CONFERENCE
SYDNEY, May 12,
The Premiers’ Conference decided that the States should co operate in the bulk handling of wheat. Mr Ashford (Minister of Agriculture) states that New South Wales is erecting 55 wheat elevators in various parts, and a huge silo each at Sydney and Newcastle. The Government is building 1300 new railway trucks. The total cost to cope with the bulk handling of wheat will be nearly £2.000,000. May 13. The Premiers’ Conference resolved in favour of uniform light and harbour dues, co-operation in the direction of national insurance against unemployment, and the appointment of a Royal Commission to report on the treatment of refractory ores. Considerable amusement was raised over what was described as a “hardy annual ’ —the daylight-saving scheme. Mr Earle (Tasmania) suggested that an electrical system would be better; but Mr Holman thought the suggestion excellent, though the public were not quite ready for it. ’the conference reaffirmed a resolution recommending daylight saving to the serious attention of the States.
The conference has terminated its labours.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3193, 26 May 1915, Page 61
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