NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT.
[Pbess Association—Copyeight.]
Sydney, May 15. The State Parliament opened at noon to-day. The Governor's speech foreshadowed, amongst other bills, a now scheme for industrial arbitration, an amendment to the Workmen's Compensation Act, increased land settlement; amalgamation of Government Savings Banks; the establishment of a Court of Criminal Appeal; decentralisation of railways and ports, formation of Department of Industry; university reform; extension of the workmen's dwellings scheme-; and a tunnel connecting Sydney with North Sydney.
It is understood that the Government intends to lower the income tax limit to £200.
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Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13107, 16 May 1911, Page 3
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93NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT. Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13107, 16 May 1911, Page 3
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