SYDNEY'S FACTORY INDUSTRIES.
QUEENSLAND'S ABSORBENT
POWERS
Per United Press Association. By" Electric Telegraph— Copyright
SYDNEY, April 29
An official return shows that 77 new factories were established in the metropolitan area last year, giving employment to 1162 persons. The total employes in factories is 66,269, and the wages paid over live millions sterling per annum.
MELBOURNE, April 29
The Federal Postmaster is considering following Canada's example, which induced the British Government to permit newspapers to be sent from Canada to the United kingdom at half the former postage rates.
BRISBANE. April 29
Speaking at a meeting, of the Chamber of Commerce, (he Premier said there was room for millions of people in Queensland if they were willing to work and did not want Government billets or old age pensions. He did not think it would be necessary to re-impose the income tax. Speakers severely criticised the Federal legislation dealing with the sugar industry. One declared that it was an insult to the intelligence of whites to ask them to engage in such degrading toil as cutting cane.
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Southland Times, Issue 19034, 30 April 1903, Page 3
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