PREMIERS' CONFERENCE.
COMMONWEALTH AND STATES. FINANCIAL RELATIONS. Received March 12, 10 am. HOBART, March 12. ' The Premiers' Conference is debating the financial relations of the Commonwealth and States. The main point of discussion is the question of the determination either of a fixed amount or a set proportion of the Customs and excise revenue which should be ret"rned to the States, in lieu of the present tKree'fourths unJer the Bi -.ddcfl vIW;, ' Mr Kidston, P.t .r of Queens land, made a proposal thi.t the amount be fixed on a per capita
Jrasie. Tasmania and South Australia favour this, but New South Wales and Victoria are emphatically opposed to the proposal, while Western Au3tralia is inclined to support the large States. The conference seerh3 as far off a3 from arriving at a dec sion.
AGREEMENT ARRIVED AT. Received March 13, 1 a.m. HOBART, March 12. The Premiers have come to an agreement on the question of tne financial relations, and have drawn up resolutions wnich it is believed will prove acceptable to the Commonwealth. The details are not divulged.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3137, 13 March 1909, Page 5
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178PREMIERS' CONFERENCE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3137, 13 March 1909, Page 5
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