AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.
PBB PRESS ABSOCIATI«K. j Sydnei, S ptember 26. Referring to the Property Acquislti n Bill now before the Federal Parliament, dealing with State properties ! to be han led over, the Premier states j that he has appointed a board to in- i quire into the values of the properties, ) which be estimates to b !i ; hor than the valuation of the federal Government. He ui gee o* her States to secure the delay of tha pamage of the in assure, and desires a conference of Premiers to discuss i>, not with the object of obstructing Federal progre- 0 , but to protect S' a e rights. Melbourne, September 25. The Federal Government has received a despatch stating tbat the new Ohintse tariff came into operation on -September 7 th. Ecxeption is made in . favour of goods mi route ten days prior fo that date. A deputation of Western Australian members has protested against an al- i teratjon in the poet of call of mail ' steamer?. The Federal Postmaster- ' Genet al faid th<> Government had do'.e i nothing beyond sending the complaint of the Chamber qf Commerce to the Imperial Government.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 220, 26 September 1901, Page 3
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191AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 220, 26 September 1901, Page 3
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