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AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

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Received September 3, 9.50 a.m. MELBOURNE, September 3. The report on tihe working of the Commonweailtill telegraph system for the first year under uniform rates shows a largo (increase in tho number of mes_ sagas, but a. reduction of £75,000 in revenue.

Parliament meets on Wednesday, wliejo Mr. Reid wSil announce Me policy. It .".'a undcinatood his immediate programnro indludes Arbitration, Trades Mark, Copyright-, and New Guinea Bills.

An agreement between the Labour and Protectionist parties Avi'l'l be- . discusteed at a, nKi&tiing to-day. There its-to be no comn'lete fusion, each section of the Opposition reta'-'iiiing a •separate en_ tiity, but in mesfc matters acting in aliliance, Avhicli will continue during the present and next Parliament. It is unde-rstocKl tha;t tlie programme includes •m<bst, if mot all, of the planks of the Labour party's platform.. Freetraders wiS be allowed a free liand on fecal qi:e^_ tionis.

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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLVII, Issue 12272, 5 September 1904, Page 5

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AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLVII, Issue 12272, 5 September 1904, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLVII, Issue 12272, 5 September 1904, Page 5