AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.
FEDERAL" RECRUITING ''SCHEME. V TOTALISATOR FOR N.EW SOUTH ■-.■••• WALES. UElec. Tel. Copyrt&fc^rUnited Press Assn.) MELBOURNE,-. N6v. 29. ' THe main point m Mr Hughes' policy statement will be an attempt to accelerate recruiting Try, "the, appointment of a Director of Recruiting with a central committee. . Ejach .-FfederaJ electorate will' be a. recruiting district, and a general, appeal wi]J,:Vbe made*' .. . I Mr Tudor moved a no-confidence mo-i'tioii-.qii;.th© contemplated- jssue of.elec-- • toral regulations intimjdati'ng; voters m -connection -with, the I'eferendum. '
■, ; . ; ,■ y\: ■ SYJ>NKY^ Nov. 29. ; In. the State Lpgislative Assembly ' Mr Ho.man, . supplenienti,iig ■ tine Financial ■Statement of Septeiniber 6, " estimated tliat the 191.6-17 .feV^ni'e would be £20,---798,000; gjv^np-ease ol^lilfi^OOO;' ". '&<? expecf-s' theiriti'oductipn' Of the. totalisator;'to>proiauc& ; ih^.'e^tmi^bed expehditui'e is £20,10^,000, "^ain incr^iße of ; £r;2lT000, leaving &' sitrplus^oi '. £23,---060. . Pensions for ; war coßt; £430,000. "'['[': ': ; ■ t l'['i'^\ . During his Budget speech M.i*^ Itolmdn announced that the National Ministry, although averse to .tliis method of raising roveiniej, iiad definitely decided to introduce a measure legalising the totalisatori' They cohteln|plated 'a,- Bill :to secure reasonable considei'jition for the clainis of. .proprietary clubs. •:*- The. Bill. \rpuxl not prohibit' bo'okniakersoperati upon courses. -,.; ; ".' ■ . \"~ ' (ReVeivbd November 30, .10.20 a.m.) v •" . SYDNEY, November .30.
In th,? Assembly, m his Budget-speech, Mr. Holman said that; althoiigli.it -Was hnpossible dt-.]}vesent, m future years, lit was intended to :eai'.mark the t'otaliaator returrs for patriotic and chai'itable purposes. . .
MELBOURNE, November. 30,
It is understood Mi". Hughes is considevinc the intrqduction of. uniform daylighf saving throughout the..Commonwealth.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14160, 30 November 1916, Page 5
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