FEDERAL POLITICS.
ARBITRATION AMENDMENT BILL
trass Aseociation-By Telegraph-Copyright MELBOURNE, August 4. In the House of Representatives tlio Arbitration Amendment Bill was further discussed. The Opposition pointed out, that raising wages meant raising prices, and merely lowered the value of the sovereign. Mr Deakin doubted if preference to Lnioriists, as proposed, was constitutional Several Labour members supported the measure. The debate was adjourned. The Hcm.se of Representatives after an all-night sitting carried the Arbitration Bill into commttee and adopted by 35 to 2, a motion in favour of the establishment of a decimal system of money and w?iglj±s and mstifiure^
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14267, 5 August 1910, Page 5
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