THE COMMONWEALTH

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16230, 28 March 1917, Page 7

THE COMMONWEALTH

FEDERAL POLITICS. LABOUR PARTY'S MANIFESTO. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) MELBOURNE, March 27. The Australian Labour Party in. a manifesto says that the par.ty will continue under the voluntary system to secure every man fit for the front. If it. is returned to power it will instruct the censors to relax their irritating grip. Excess money will be lent without interest to returned soldiers wishing to go on the land or engage in business. The -tariff will be revised to give adequate protection to Australian manufacturer* There will bo no tax on wealth for Miy purpose. War profits will be taxed on the basis of 50 per cent, of excess profits for. the year 1915; GO per cent, for 1916 and "100 per cent thereafter for the duration of the war. v THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. Received- 8.45 p.m., March 27th. _ Dr. • Gilruth, M.R.C.V.S., will continue to act as Administrator of the Northern Territory pending a, permanent appointment. NON-STRIKER SECURES DAMAGES AGAINST MINERS' ASSOCIATION. SYDNEY, March 27. The Supreme Court awarded * Mrs Egan £450 damages against the Broken Hill branch of the Amalgamated Miners': Associations, on a charge of securing her dismissal as a hotel cook. The case was a sequel to the late hctel employees' strike when a number of non-union employees- were boycotted.