STATE POLITICS.
TARAJAXIAN POLICY SPEECH. Hress Assoeiaffon-Bv 1 telegraph-Copyright HOBART, July 10, ■ /The Premier, in a policy speech, caid that, the time would come for all the States to make a stand against Federal encroachments- . He foreshadowed an. unimproved land tax. and the .placing of the ■:railways, under one Commissioner. Local option would be the first measure dealt with. He made no threats' against the Upper House, but said that , if the hopes of passing legislation were unfulfilled, Ministers.; would have to : seriously consider the position. VICTORIAN RAILWAY REVENUE. | MELBOURNE, July 10. •The railway revenue for the year decreased by £138,000. ,
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13644, 11 July 1908, Page 5
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