FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.
♦ SPEECH BY MR KINGSTON. MELBOURNE, March 11. Mr Kingston, in the debate on the Address-in-Reply, warned the Government that there were already symptoms of a fall from democratic legislation. They were unwarily approaching pitfalls. The success of the Arbitration Act depended on the compliance with its awards by both sides. Stern justice should be meted out to those who set it at defiance. He would strongly oppose excluding any portion of the shipping trade from the operations of the Act, nor should Civil servants be excluded. He favoured preferential trade, but would like to see Australia's duties kept as they were against Britain, and raised against the foreigner. He did not think it would come for some time. When it did, he hoped there would be no haggling over details. He did not like the idea of inviting any Imperial statesman here to advocate the causej Australian interests should only be dealt with by the Australian Government, which should make up its mind on the policy to be put by it before the people. He was inclined to resent the invitation to Mr Chamberlain. What would be said if Australians were sent to Eugland to advocate their side of an Imperial issue ?
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Waikato Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6375, 14 March 1904, Page 2
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204FEDERAL PARLIAMENT. Waikato Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6375, 14 March 1904, Page 2
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