NEW STATES?
HINT IN AUSTRALIA OUTCOME OF THE ELECTIONS Received Mav 22, 5.15 p.m. SYDNEY, May 22. The Minister of Agriculture, speaking at Temora, hinted that the new Parliament might be the last as at presented constituted. He indicated that if a composite Government resulted from the elections, new States might be formed during the life of the forthcoming Parliament. DELAY IN PAYMENT FAMILY ENDOWMENT. COMMISSIONER EXPLAINS. SYDNEY, May 21. The Commissioner of Family Endowment, in a circular which he is forwarding to the recipients of cheques to explain the delay in making payments, declares that the delay was not due to his department, and that he was directed by the ex-treasurer, Mr. Lang, to withhold further payments, and that he was also instructed that, if any persons inquired why the payments had been stopped, he was to state that it wr- owing to the action taken by the Commonwealth Government.
THE LANG SYSTEM ENGAGING LABOUR. ABOLITION ANNOUNCED. SYDNEY, May 21. The Minister of Labour, Mr. Dunningham, is abolishing the L an S system of engaging labour at labour exchanges. He declared that in the past the allotment of work was virtually placed in the hands of a coterie that supported the Lang Plan.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 119, 23 May 1932, Page 8
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204NEW STATES? Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 119, 23 May 1932, Page 8
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