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CENSUS QUESTIONS.
MR. O'MALLEY REPLIES TO CRITICISM.
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.
The Minister for Home Afluirs made
stali-ient to day in replj to ciiticlsm re
spotting the questions to bt asked of citizen-, nt the ne et cousus \s fai as the que tlot II luting to the mttcilals of which house, nie made Is concerned «aid Ali O Malle« nely eouutiv m the vvoild seeks slini'a
infounntion when a census is bein_ tiikeai an 1 tnere is good reason why we should her«, lol on the practice file t ime ni ij be «aid regaiding the ic!itlont>ht|i ot people lu ea li household It is true that the question '?> lot asked in eveiy counftv but it the sa_i
ime it is i flit and let,Itim tte business to know bow the people stand on the drink ¡¡.loi ness 1 inserted the v i"es 01 s_iary q_is lion because when the Iluanclal people c o-talu patts of the vvoild erj donn the eredl ot Austrilia they ba»c mo t irutug povve e
the people on the low est mutes of LuropeuL eountries while for insia-ce a mau Moule, be earning 20s a week lu Englmd one of the same work bore will eirn _ ' bo we flnu th it one Australian his t"-e earning powet of two Englishmen and thr" itali ins "Wha. I
lant to do is to get for the sake or our finan
lil standing ind credit In the marl its of the world the correct earnings of our peorle Wee lunot get that information from he incomo ta\ oüice bccausD people curl is below a certain amount ire not tixabie a rf in the case of others incon e tint is no classed ns salary or wages ._ included in Ike figuics All we want to know is the imojn of the incomo