THE FODDER DUTIES.
' ' MELBOURNE, December 4. • The .Federal Government, in -.resolving to adhere to the previous decision not to remit the fodder duties, relied to a great extent on the views -expressed when the subject was previously discussed by* Parliament. They point out., that any measure taken in the .Commonwealth must extend .to' the whole community, and not merely to the two States,^' TSew South' Wales J and Queensland, which are desiring the remission. It would >be against the spirit.bf the Constitution and unfair to the people of the other States. * After expressing doep sympathy with the sufferers, the mirtute says: If it rested with us alone to o'frer some relief, -jvc should rely upon our own konwledge of the humanity ,of the Federal Parliament f6r its endorsement. Received December 5 - , '9.10- a.m. MELBOURNE^ December 5. The decision of the Federal Cabinet on the fodder duties has not been/ divulged, ..but it is understood that it adheres to the previous decision.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10816, 5 December 1902, Page 5
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