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,'iiic Fbderaf Parliament once again talking: "
Mmistei's eicpect '.-.ft' tough arid trbublecl: tariff
session."' Sir ,AA7illiftrii !Lyiie Avill - iiOav step: up
into, the 'limelight' to fight the fiscal Avar, Avhilst
hiSvOlfibf :toil.1—dr shbtild^-retiim to 'cohiparritiA'o
repokfe after Iris - 'riotrtb'le labours in Loft-dori;
."'Mi-V A.' ilb.,F6'hrioy,' the aiiift.teiir pugilist, SVlio
cniifsScf ihab^' uririlfi'dsaift Siybiies in tlio FAderftl
Parli&riibilt iiiitil'iife AVas balled 6ttfc by tlio electors
of W.erfi-vva lhat blfectiOiii, is lilcely noAv to join
thd Sydnciy- political riidriagei-ie. He is being
urged, tb ; briiitbst tli'e C'o'otftiitriiidra. 'seat agaiu.it
Mi*: Holfnnn; in, tlie.fb'ftBfroflfirig Now South AV'atcs
elqcptibhs.,;. ; . ; ; - r !.
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;Mi\-'W..; E. Abbott,. N.S.W. pastoralist, declares;
that i.Avooli: is ■;more: profitable :to Australia "than"
Avheat and do>es/hot see .Avliy Avheat farmers should
have •;<tho .adyahtago ... of , specially -low freights
whilst Avbbl-gro'Avers have to pay a full rate. "Wool,
he\ ad'd&y is; tAvdceb as/profitable :as Avbeat, and it
is. bad.' policy ■ to>.tqx.. an. industry which does
pay*ito foster one' that does not. Evidently Mr.
Abbott is,';-.-av .freetrader." . Australian- policy, is to
foster -a .sufficient \-ariety. of - natural,.industries to
make tliis country self-reliant. .Tiiere is room
here -for both Avheat a.nd avooI production,and the
stibnij-er should -be - made to help the more baek
Avard . iiidustry ' along, Avith a . vioAv to hastening,
oh trhfe ■ day:. <av1icii cA'ci'y " nocessary . for existence
licre' siiall 'ber produced''in abundance-.
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- • tl :h" rVvmQ'th'Ofl. lh(ifc the "Federal GovoVnlnont*.
v iirttfiVdjfr/. 'tttj • HprQlld. ■: 0G31I 00 0-:<Mf ho . ta onbmivilgo; iwr- :
v. hitgb'ainiia. '• ■ "v *' ' - 1 ' ■••■n
©i'liyftyfcos4: hcr'ci. AlVro'd, y.ou 'rb vti fool "bo !
spehd Sthirt ' ihcfn'Sy. * The ■.-wdiQmdss of tlio Wjolico >:
if . i v> 2 >. . f u. <0.0^4 .« iLulii i V va*4< .• >ili i < «lii J «i m>«Ta ■ : J-K -P1' fm-K l'/*"
, J«ia d(sn*ovvy^t • to* .'attTVYct* "hrvAdrcrda < of '>ablo
.Lbodi&d "'Mton lilcc 1 we l)oj A'HKtrnl5n. ' '. .0. ^ »r '•
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.jttfeV ti'dnabbVa'tivo 'JcASSfia r'Qjirosbh'fciiig.Qtib'ohB
livAii iit'-'tN'o Fbclorbl PilbliaVVioht Hihg a no\v aiid un-.
*' -irliujr j >vv >ycmy >r iiiw Jivbumj, vnu,
5 ■v.v.yott fyini't lot Us Iwv'o it." Or tibbrab, thoy mban
Wvd Pdrdbtgubsb, aiVd tloforid thoilr no
ovw.glotft p6 .pjb>pe% .ertiVvaala .Ebg.Va'hid jfor . British'
-.i* V\Vf l<rt4'.hT«v-i viVV '-fin tli'n n.rifinn 'r\{* f-.lVri vi V{a1i
' Tfti«s 'iittitiVdo Jba-Vda tiro Tjnboiitf .ilttern
'j't'ibeijft; t¥k a pretty diJohima. Th'oy ndvqtotvto
Vv-^'whttfet %tirV era lor- th'o onno fiolds, but find that
v'pAii^y&tS'an iVfti'tofl will li'dt 'go th'bbo in auitleion't
»• ■': mdWBolfa; '. Yot" fh'by "rt.t'b oppOHOd to sOouriiig tbo
- v nobfc^iHary ^ JAhwir Abroad .'611 tlio 'ground tbat. tboi'O.V
1® for imwigVants Vihtil All tbo loa'al u'n
oinjjWtVyrirl biayo I'hu'ii'd \Vor1c. Tihio flio .tVa.bour
'ta oringi'ri'g Attitude to. tbo pro-,
fe^Mwal nnoniploycitl Abo foil iSi Svith tlio jjib.orj.it
Goverhibortt's • bronVl' ■'flbli'dy-"df bi'inAinrg'' Initial)
lnvnda to our empty binds.
Buropoa.n grand ..politics are all favourable to
a rapid development of Preferential Trade -within"'
the British Empire. Britain's treaties .and under
standings with Prance, Italy and Spain would
not be menaced by such an arrangement,, because
those countries'do" not export largely to the colo
nies. Germany, on. tbe other'band, has a large
share in Australian, Canadian and- Ne>v-Zealand
markets, and Germany, even; at the present, .mo
ment, is making zealous efforts to'overhaul Brit
ain in conimereej whilst in diplomacy."..tiro Kaiser1
is' courting the friendship of America. Australia
by preference can tax German, goods put of; her
markets and make room for British manufactures
in their stead. The German is climbing the
trade ladder on the hack of the. British colonies.
It is time this support was kicked from under his
ambitious feet, < ■ „■
For a piece of ehilled-s'teel impudence; commend■
us to • the' -London-"•-•'•'Shipping ' Gazette's".-aspcrtion
that, tlio Australian Governmenl;- has acted, in;-an.
epceiitrio- fashion in. respect to the.-., now defunct'
Laihg syndicate mail contract. Lain-g and, Co., ol1
London, with Mr. W. II. Croker, their agent here,
were the real eccentrics. Tlicy lodged a tender,-hut
when it was accented, instead of- setting to. work
to fulfil it like honest British business men, tnoy
spoilt a. year "hawking the option around Lon
don. After many generous allowance? of time
the Government very properly cancelled 4 this
prostituted contract and called for fresh tenders,
taking tlio precaution'to quadruple., the -required
deposit* Australians liav-c been : taught t-o,. be?
lievo in John Bull's integrity as a -business man.
Is this au example of his- more recent decline
into the slipshod commercial ethics of America ?
Some talk there is to bo this Federal session
about the bush coital. Mr, Griffith "tord-tlio
N.S.W. Parliament tlio other day that the .State
had offered the Dolgety site to Australia; but Mr.
Carruthors wished to- '-'talcb■■ -it -back;"- -That- -is
true. Sir John' See, when-Premier of the mother
State, included BalgCty amongst - other proffered
sites,.,luit the present pociiliai' Premier,;-,now that
the .Commbnwcaltlr is inclined. to accept. Dalgety,
wishes-tojwithdraw, it audi have a plebiscite, of. the
people as to vvhetlier -this:- shall be -the capital; or
not. A plebiscite .of .Wliom—the people ;of. -Australia
wiiseso . capital it.-is :to be.jp ■•Not' rhuoli !• The/-electors
of- N.S.W.; with. whom Mr, Carruthers.wishes to
curvy' ;fav.otu-.,.in the election.,, by,.flattering,.them
with .the -fallacious ,..belief. ;:thrtb j tho; •cli-pitaln is
to belong and hot to the Commonwealth-. ,,Mr.
Carruth.ors is hopelessly outofvdate. 'Ho1 lias no
ear for -Fotleral harmony; hut only lovestofbeat
tlio croaking of the parish pump; • -
Tho
passes
issued oh the groiiud that ,the applicants for the
"Al'giis" wants to kiiow why two . Mil way
froth Btfiidisto ava-ilU-blo for a mdilth woto
tay
why State, hie.tVibfcrb of Paidiaih'Offt ' rtro g-ivbh froo
pnssb3. ov&tv all libcs in/their dlVtr Sta.fco afi'd' com
plihihlitary-tickqt^ When th'ey Wish- to-tra-Vdl Into
nnothbr. If mefiVbOrs are to tt'dVol'free • for''plea
sure and -pbivato bhffiries's why slibli-ld tllOy n'oi
liavo Wbe ^rOcOriOS deli'vbbod at' thoir dbblls,;frco
boots—-tlio Word uncannily, suggests1 "froo boot els''
iinpi
that" M.P.s nlbeady have tho frbbdoin' of tli'o
wholo plhliot and . quite believe that th'oir feorvkVes
herb, will oii8Ui.,'o t-h'dih free froiit be'fttb -hoiv6'aftoi\
No.doubt they'll £0t tlvolii, ft-ttd that's the oii'o/con
sohvtion of coihmoii oi- garden. siiih-blSs- front
seats in s'qlho places aro too nonr tli'o Footlights.
l -^.'^h.o^jadtirqss-iu-rQply >was,-seconded,- ,-liy., Mr,
^d.9^T7ta .;U-soful ,;yo.to' at, itl)e ibaok. 'of tho M-inis
•;try, mti;va]i. oyents. Mr;Ooon;• -besides: having
;,u.vyp:tp, v."'PJ°SHesscs,,ra- gift of ,'dry -Jmnjoiir..-. ,'fVi'c- -
toiua.-;", ho, doplarbd-,;-• "is,tho most disinterested
> ktotp ;in tho Federation," Hbw'-the -Sydney, sec-:
it ion ;*hoAy 1 o d I _, Vic tor i a, thoy bolie.vo, tried- -to
§"raK happily, defunct now mail; service nil
for,,.herself j Victoria- won't let go the ■ seat .- of
Government; Victoria is seeking increased, pro
, teoti on; for' libr ni a nil f abt u r or s at tlio expense of
the wholo of ; Australia. Victoria's name is n-n
tohomu, and maranath'a with this clique of pro-,
Aunoinlists, and. their protestations will ho loud
and loing. throughout -. tlio, ■ tariff debate. -And
yet, as a diroot result of the Commonwealth
-protective tariff, N-.S.W. manufacturing hrdffi-^
tries aro going, n,head by lonps and hounds. It.
is gall and Wormwood to the Sydney freetra
ders to -- find '. that -Sir William Lyne, a man vof
theirv own ,,State,:; is loodiing the protectionist,
forces -.■which,;.-ithoy hnvo chosen to opposo. ;
By I960Australia's ■ population, at, prosoht
rate • of - inoroaso, will not amount to 8,OOOjGOO.
But ; if, thorqj av«s an inoronso lioro proportion
ately equal to - that t in America froip 17,90 to
18G0-—tlio groat period of onrly groAvth in tho
New World.—-avo should liy 1950 liavo 15,226.000
people on tlio continent. For, a ircuv country
thisi is ■ discouraging, but tlioro is some oru'mb of
comfort that our. birth-rate is 60 per cent,, bet
tor than England and Wales, Id,.6 per cent,
hotter than Franco, and superior to any Euro
pea." country. Moreover
rate was only 10.9
rospjot amongst
a oath-rate of H.s an,, u
and Wales 15.2 By tlmt''
pear that the _ Commonwcalf
thy and promising country
W»ey'; aro loll, t„ ilmt„,
lific manner of their fovheap 1
disinclination to-'die in tlii, w
do' the peoples .'of .imfi
• the, country wants' population,^
llow]"?S wiWmc5,, a!r
the Government to Id UH \2
gdpd stocky agricultural tviu
aftd. plenty of 'cm. '
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The. Federal Government coiitm
whereby .£50,000 or £100,000 ska
immigration in the near future. .
have not shown any wiltiugness'
with the Coihnvonwealth in this tu»
unlikely that the hulk of the niotret 1
on settling- the NortliiMt lerritoiy.j
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Tlie .new memhere. oi llic Federal
are to have their picnic to the \J
sites so as to place thorn 011 untqinll
old members when the. final selection!
made. Dulgety was clt03en By thehJ
' and in a special Bill this session thq
will give Parliament mi opportunity!
-'or'rejecting that site. The ilill, liowrl
likely be passed pro forma, and til
Cnrvutlicrn the opportunity lie nhl
tlie right of the Federal Parliaul
a site In New South Wales without t|
of the loeal Parliament. Mr, Can
that .as the Mother State is to gin
for tlio capital she may offeror
site she chooses. This, in effect, 1
people of Now South Males havefl
dictating to the whole of Austral!
capital shall ho built. In the If
plain person in tlio street this
"Tommy Hot," but Mr. Canutliert
to -have a legal synonym for "Ttal
.cured at large e™vrtT<>m JHic I
This will inean,(dimlu>a_dei«).ra¥|
." clearly ahows.di6y.;ansriicerejn'
Wales politjbians who w 1
Federal Pai-riahio^iW ehu^rtng tjj
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"d'oposH, required' oF mltil
'Find thc^ovaor- of jjm
. winnov Bribery should;reftiip-<«•••
■ :bbo /aynclieuFo ofvnittg Tntlonw'M
'mount. 0'' rn!,M
Vliah wo moan it' is siiigiilm' '"."'JH
■bo. offorod to 'the oivmir of ij
.bory, t iTfio - ayftdib&td' pH5ni»w
0,1 by "somcvtliinir^to' ■Mwgll>rlK
woiihh} jg&i winfylqitCying JMfl-WJB
hluiika; bii't" 'tlio offon • w's
boj'fid lyon -\vitliont • (Ills 'm'm
it . at, tlio
■Aiitiipa .^ffraacl/iiot (n-liirii^li
JiainVs of Uiaso who Imd "
his .jvc>jiHiiil(i|.ioiis.','biit' '.fiW""r.|Li®
that action now by
own ova unci offering
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