NO EXTRAVAGANCE.
EXPENDITURE IN AUSTRALIA. Jfy. Telegraph—Press Association—-Copyright. ( (Received October 2, 12-50 p.m.) J LONDON, October 1. The Hon B. R. Wise, New South Wales Ageait-General, has written to "The Times" controverting its Sydney correspondent's statement that the State Premiers "persisted in continuing costly, though not urgent, public works, with borrowed British capital." Mr "Wise says that at the Preshjer's request the Agents-General I 1 met and reported to the Premiers' P Conference regarding finance. He | asserts that the States' requirements have been cut down to the irreducible ;• minimum, and need cause no anxiety. | No State has any intention of entering upon public expediture which is I costly and not urgent. Some States J may be unwilling to borrow through the Commonwealth Government, which » would impair the large powers given ' them by the constitution as interpreted by thei Courts. The power of the purse ! had always been an instrument of political control.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11508, 2 October 1915, Page 10
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