THE FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.
THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH. PER PRBIS ASSOCIATION. Received 10, 230 p.m. Melbourne, May 17. Thero was a fair attendance of notables in the Senate during the de livery of the Governor's spe'eh, wlvch was lengthy. It eet out that some t : me must elapsa before the financial eo;,- ! di'ion of the Coinmrnwealth would I permit provision being made fcr old age pensions, but Ministers would deM I with the subject as soon as i Bills dealing with ba-.king, shipping*, I and quarantine w.r-.ld be intrr.due. d us I quickly :»s possible, while consideration would be yven to tbe best means of converting, renewing, or consolidating the public dfcbts'of the States. As the existing tariffs had given rise to iadus'rits, the Federal tariff must give fair consideration to the facts, and must necessarily operata protective ly a3 Well as for the production of revenue. Attention is to be given to the construe! ion ef a railway to connect Westralia at d the Eastern State*. If possible, universal penny postage wil : be established, Tha remainder of the speech was asforecuted.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 99, 11 May 1901, Page 3
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180THE FEDERAL PARLIAMENT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 99, 11 May 1901, Page 3
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