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HOW TO BE BEAUTUFUL
?RxKrEÄMOYä, , j
" Ifis-taob-cvcry' VMIUHUÄ good fortuno to ia etsänmT 'ïiy Natara-wàSh- jure
.íeatnres and a fiswless complexion, but nowadays it is possible to make too
I plainest face attractive, and that, too, m the privacy of one's home; without
£ ¡recourse to beauty specialrsts, which usually involves expensive treatments
i and much loss of tnne. I shall endeavour to show you m the following lines
flow much may be done m this direction by any woman of ordinary intelli
»nee. When facial applications are necessary, use only tht pure ingredients
I aast as they come to the chemist. Do not allow yourself to he persuaded into
j baying some cheap ready-mado preparation instead. Any chemist will gladly
(obtain tho original concentrated ingredients for you, if yon insist, and, al
^thongh he moy not have them m stock, you will be well advisrd to wait while
J ire orders them for you. The improvements in your appearance will he ample
'compensation for any trouble taken to ohtam these einrple and harmless
fbesutifiezs.
Beauty in Breathing.--A great deal
< aa be dnof> towards brightening the
i eyes by systematic breathing for ton
minutes each morning and evening
' Bxeatho slowly and deeply to the fullest
«.«pacity of the Inngs- Yon saould
stand erect by an open window The
corsets should not bo worn during tfrre
rcsercree.
About Shampooing-Even the best
shampoo 13 somewhat drying <ind if the
"hair is not naturally oilj I suggest that
Jost before the shampoo vou apply olive
Sn to the scalp rubbing it into the han
I wots vigorously Then use pmo Stal
f Its foi the shampoo Dissolve a tcaspoon
§IU cup of hot watei Tim, will
! leat» the hair -very clean, soft and fluffj
An Instantaneous Beautifrc--Instead
.iff face powder, nae a dimple lotion made
'from a package of clc-mnite ind four
¡osaspoonfuls of watci This lotion will
ixone and clear the skin and acta -is a
f -protection against im and wind \ lit
de applied -with the finger tips instantly
\ gives the skin a delightful bloom»
' appearance No powdi is nceessarv,
and the result lasts ill daj lon¿ under
, the most trying conditions
i To Permanentlj Remote Superfluous
I Hair-It is a simple matter to remove
' a downy grov-th of hair temporarily, but
i to remove it permanently is quite an-
other matter It is a piiy that it i-, not
moro generally known that powdered
nhenunol m&j be used for this puipose
Apply it directl> to the ha!i The re
commended tieatment is designed, not
merely to instam.lv remove the h m, but
also to eventually kill the roots entirelj
1 Pteminol is especially suitable for it
. moving bin from the undtiarmb
The Kteal Causo of Most Bad Com-
plexion-It 11 an accepted fact that no
truly beautiful complexión ever carno
out of jars and bottle«, and the longer
one uses cosmetics the worse the tom
plexion becomes Skin, to be hcalthj,
must breathe. It also roust expel through
the pore^ iib shan, of the body s effete
material. Cream- and ponders clog the
porca, .nterfermg both with clinimatron
and breaching If more women under-
stood this there would be fewer self
ruined LomplcMons If they would use
ordinär} mercoliseil -WAX instead of cos-
metics they would hate natural, healthy
complexions This lemarkable substance
ib not absorbed by the skin, its action
is just the opposite flic skin repels
tnercolised wax, and at the same time
throws off all imperfections An exquis-
ite new complexion peeps out, qmte free
from any appearance of artiaciality. Ap-
ply nightly like cold cream for a week
or two .visaing it off in the morning.
Abonl ITa.r Tonics,-Dach week al-
most one hears 01 some wonderful dis-
covery loi improving the hair, and, al-
though tms paragraph may seem a little
superfluous, an old-fashioned recipe
may come a» a welcome change Qne
tiling about it is that it will glow hair,
and also present it falling out. From
your chemist get an original package
of boranium, to this add a quartor-pint
of bay rum, allow it to stand 30 minntes,
then add sufficient water to make half a
pint Rub briskly into the scalp with
the finger tips and you will immediately
experience that clean tingling sensation
whiih is a sure sign of healthy action
nu ..tie servante, limiting tho latter to
not nore than 20 pei month Under
' the nominated system, pcisont debirang
lo come to Tasmania arc nominated by
Iiiendt. 01 lflitivc-, who undertake to
provide cmplojment, or otherwise look
after thom on arrival. The department
ir initiating a Now Settlers' League in
conjunction with the Commonwealth.
Some trouble, has been found in placing
inexperienced men, and it is quite clear
under present conditions that it is not
vi se to encourage this oU-ss of immi-
grant As to any big land settlement
"chemo on Crown lands, this i& not pos-
sible m Tasman» The only class- of
land rrttlcmcnt (apart from restricted
-iresrs of swamp lands, which I will rofcr
| to later) which is possible is by the re-
sumption of lands now held by private
owners Thi>re aio such areas con-
tiguous to 'orne of our railways, and to
roads constructed at heavy coat, that
aie perhaps not being put to their best
u»e at the present time, but under exist-
ing conditiono the resumption of such
land cannot be -undertaken Until such
(.mc as wc can do so the activities of
tlie ApTicaltural Department, so far as
immigration is concerned, must be con
lmcd mamlv to nominated immigrants,
and such others as may have capital,
thus necessitating the maintenance of
only a small staff to deal with these as
they come.
SOLDIER SETTLEMENT
In the limited time 1 have been at
the Treasury I have endeavoured to get
the exact position of the State so far
as oui actual obligation!, in regard to
soldier settlement are concerned, and
without going into details the position
of the account at the 31st March last in
the Treasury books is as follows:
Amount authorised by Parliament to
be raised and expended, £2,850,000.
Expenditure and commitments bv Re-
turned Soldiers' Settlement Department
to 31/.V/1922, £2,753,763
Total paymontB by Treasury" to
¿1/3/1922, £2,586,438.
Amount still to be met by Treasury,
£167,325.
Loans raieod to 31/3/1922, £2,413,160.
Amount btill to be drawn from the
Commonwealth for the period July, 1921,
to ai/S/VKZ, £78,329.
The cost to date to be borne by the
Consolidated Revenue owing to special
concessions granted by Parliament to
returned soldiers, plus administration
charge«, ra approximately £207,000 This
is beng met bj' vearly instalments «f
£5,000, provided in the Appropriation Act
It will, however, probt biy lie necessary
to increabe the »mount of these instal-
ments or make other more ciicctivc pro-
vision to meet tbrs liability The pro-
mises made to our soldiers with respect
to land settlement have been fulfilled
almost in their entirety A much larger
propoition of returned men applied for
the benefits provided under the Re-
turned Soldieis' Settlement Act, 191C,
and amendmertä, than had been nntici
patcd, and it v is, found necessary to
obtain Pailianicntary autlionlj to boi
row up to £2,850,000 for the purchase of
land and for the equipment of the farms,
kii'h« total numbei pf men assisted und«
the- schema to Stst march, 192, on wïnch
dato applications closed, was 2,502.
Properfaea were purchased up to 31/3/'22
'at A cost of 324344.46. It is not pro-
posed to continue the buying, as there
are still properties on hand for men
whose applications are still unsatisfied.
The total amount of advances made to
soldier settlers to 31/3/1022 is £o38,126,
made up as follows -Purchase of stock,
seed and furniture, purchase of imple
menta, on improvements effected, £i13
126 Of this amount £J5i,577 ha:, been
repaid
Cost to the Stall-Ihc enst to the
kta.tr> brougnt ibout b\ thi- concessions
granted by Parliament n is under -
Remission of rent on voIdlci(| *
blocks for one year to caen
soldier ... ... XSG,54^
Rnmission of rent on closet set
tlement blocks held bj re-
turned soldiers .... 3 139
Remission of instalments on
Crown selections held bv ic
turned soldiers 12,5-16
Cost of surveys of free seine
tions 4,504
Remission of Agricultural Bank
Loans . . , . .... 1
Total.» ., £107,883
Cost of administration, approximately
£100,001)
To this largo sum may be added the
concession of reduced interest at 5 p c
charged as rent as against the average
cost of money bonowed for soldier set
tlement purposes, approximately 61 pel
cent What this will amount to cannot
be determined for some time Parlia-
ment late during last session, decided to
extend the pxonod for repayment of ad
vanees foi stock, seed, and improve-
ments, and thus lighten the burden of
the settler during the early years of his
tenancy Notwithstanding the finding of
the Select Committee on Soldiers' Set-
tlements, I think it may be safely com-
puted that there will be at least from
bO to 70 pel cen-t. successes \ considei
able proportion of the mefficients have
been weeded out and then places are
being taken by more competent men.
The losses to the State by non-payment
of rent and losses of stock, will be paTtly
covered by the rebate made by the Com
momvealth on interest charged for a pei
lod of five years. It may be stated that
every man who is a genuine tryer has
íeceived every assistance and encourage
mont from the Minister, Mr. Hean, and
his department The task of settling
2,502 men, representing practically 25
per cent of the men who returned to
Tasmania, haB been a stupendous one,
and 1 think my Government, in having
practically completed the work in a little
over three years, cannot he charged with
having failed m its duty to the re-
turned soldiers
CI/OSEK, SBTTMaCEiW
Owing tu Che high cost of niouev (ho
Government have ceased purUwöing
estates and. aro dovotmj their energy
to improving our Crown, land Tho al
lention of the Gorenunenl is directed
to aöcertaining whether (Jiero «as an\
suitable ireas ot Crown lund available,
which with proper treatment, could bo
utilised for closer settlement Inves-
tigations du^losed tho existence of nth
and lortile area» known as tee Monligu
and Welcome JJaver and tho Arthur
Rivei Swamp, m tile Ore ular Heart die
Irict, comprising some thirty thousand
tere* Vf ter a pcusonal visit ol tha
Minister of LandB (Mt. Hean) and tue
( lo/1 bottlemeort Baird, rfa was deeided
I .> pioeced with the work ot draining
the first two mentioned SP,-imps Tho
project hit, beou placed under the direct
-.uponjßion oí Mr T Strickland v\ho
his had practical experience ot this
ela», of work, on King Island and ra
j Victoria- A coniniencemont has boon
ni ado with the snagging of the 'Welcome
River, which will iona the suu drain
ngo channel in that swamp The river
lb being straightened and dcopened wnero
nocesswv, and" the subsidiar* chnnnel-i
have Jbo been, started The VA oik will
bo continued <à weather conditions per-
mit aud where a completo section ii
drained it will be scrubbed and grassed
and made available (o the public Tho
undertaking is of eonsideiablo propor
tious, and should bo of immenao benefit
lo tho Slate, na it will bring mt» pro-
ductivity a large area of Crown land
which ib at present lying donnant A
thorough inspection of the Florentino
\allej lying toane 12 miles bojond Tj
enju, is being undertaken, vith a viow
to determiningr its possibilities for Um
| bor and subsequent land settlement
From interim reports just lo hand it u
usaertaaned tiiat the valley contains an
aroa of from 25 to SO thouswid acres,
at leaafc .one-fifth fit for cultivation. o*-ü
iiftb poor, and. the balance most valu-
able, sound, limestone bind, particulaj-ly
suitable foi dairying and stock, fatten
wg Th.i-3 will bo »vailalilo for sottlc
înont as soon as access is made to it
In tho northern half of the vallev there
is an area of some 7 000 acres of splen-
did tenibei of cots>iderq.blo valuo This
must be reserved until tho sawmilling
timber is worked off Consideration
will be given after thorough examina-
tion as to tlic best route and modo of
access to tins valuable asset.
rOBDSTRY.
Tho Government- appointed 3Jr Irby
Const rvatoi of Forests, ind the work
of developing dhe lorcat resource», of the
State both nresont and potential, .dong
(ho lines of modern scientific manage-
ment is tem? pushed on with as fast
rf«i poïtable In (ho Torostn Department.
Before thi» cotablisltmeiit of a «rpanto
Department ol lorostrv iho fargeet
amount of revonue cvei collected in onn
year by tno Stat« m parting with one of
its principal aírete was onlj soma £7,000
Tho ond of the financial year 133)21
.-howrd £2ft,4W It is estun utod that
(ho revenue tor 1321-ii will fall httlo
shcrl of tlie prônons jear, ind (ho de-
partment I im pleased to nay, is thus
self-supporting The ^examination and
,-isse.ssment of timber lands in order to
perm monta} dedícalo ouch arena as aro
moro wi! table foi the productioa of tim-
ber, tian fin any othel purpose, is be-
ing pursued stcacLlv mci several areas
havo no« been dedicated as .State
foresi-s The control of such -will be
-is of ¡ell S!»(o forests I entirely under
tho rorcstry Department In now of
the Romotthal conflicting reports leren
ed from limo to ( tmo as lo tho qiuuitity
and value of I he timber in Uto Floren-
tino Valley and. J te ipproaches, a forest
as^opni and hvo assistants have boon
emplo -ed in making a detailed ''^oss
rneul and valuatnon of this locality Tins
work is now approaching completion,
ind vu li rovcal tho possibilities of flu
valu* of tho valley both for timber and
soil Similor im-iesriKuiaiMi.'-f 'will bo
made in othei localities. But possiblj
one of the greatest assfts Tasmania, pos
SOMOS is vi hat to-day aro looked npon as
hei waste landt. Tho rautainüily
of much of this class of country to glow
to perfection, and with great rapidity
many of the world's most valuable coni-
ferous softwoods has been impressed
on tho Stete, not only by her own paid
experts, but m addition by every forest
ex-pert who has ever visited the btatc
Many valuable timber species can be
grow» to nulling size m from 20 to -o
years, which is a remarkable fact when
it is considered that in Europe most fot-
est crops'take tho best part of a cen-
tury to give results In addition, tim-
ber suitable for paper pulp, such as
various spruces, poplars, etc, un te
grown m from eight to 12 years The
afforestation of suitable waste arcas has
been commenced bj the raising of
seedlings of suitable exotic softwoods
at a chosen site on the sand dune forma-
tion n«ar Strahan for the planting of
this vast aro», 12,000 acres of which
has been declared a State forest. This
area Is looked upon by all experts who
have seen it as the finest tree-planting
proposition in Australia Sweden,
tnrough hei paper-pulp mills and tim-
ber products from hei coniferous for-
ests, receives a revenue of over twenty
millions pel annum to-day, jjnd this is
increasing from year to year in leaps
and bounds The pulping and timber
operations employ over half a million
people Professor Wilson, a distinguish-
ed tree expert, was enthusiastic over
the remarkable possibilities of the State
for producing exotic softwoods, and Mr
J. 0 Boving, of tho well-known firm of
Boving and Company, who have paper
pulp mills in every part of tho world,
and who are just establishing pulp
nulls in New Zealand, is emphatic as to
the capacity of Tasmania to produce
paper pulp timbers in any quantity m
from eight to li years
AGIU CULTURE
The cost of the 'department to the
State for last financial year wa* £20,000,
less ¿4,000 revenue Out of the former
amount was pwd all salaries and mis-
cellaneous items, which includes the
head office staff The Acting Director of
Agiiculture last yeal answered 6 000
letters from fanners and others Tho
two Government veterinary surgeons aie
in continual request by farmer-, in deal-
ing with stock troubles, and the dairj
division is JIOO in great demand The
percentage of "choicest" butter is the
highest m the Connnonv c-ilth, largely
oAing to constant fupervi->ion and ad
.liA., £500 was granted this ven tor
I erd testing, and the testing of pure
bied holds is now on « souid basi But
tei cjn be graded bv one of our experts
for shipment foi overseas ¿ml the ctr
tihcate accepted bv the Commonwealth.
Part cost of insulated chambers for
butter in the inter-State boats was paid
by tho department The fruit division
is fully employed. OUT Standardisation
Act is being copied by the other Statcb,
is they bay we are "capturing their
markets," and our packing instructors
are being borrowed by thom The fruit
experts instruct the school children in
the correct method of packing at the
various centres The department pays
port in«ncction of fruit out of the vote
\ fruit committee i« also establifahed,
ind their travelling and out of pocket
expenses air pud out of the vote and
also half the salary of i repiesent itnve
m Sjdney to watch ..airs A sum of
£-iOn was voted foi tile potato nidusti-v
ti conduct experiments, etc and to ob
tain new varieties from England Man
ures .ne sampled and analvsed frequent
Iv The department administers the
fertilisers Act, the stallions Regirtra
tion Act and Stock Brands Acts that
arc being copi- d bv the othei States as
being lp. advance of their-own The de
pirtment also deals with qusrantine,
winch has kept the fc>tato free from
pleuro, the inward inspection of pio
duce, and the rsbbit nuisance The best
evidence of the usefulness of the de
partaient is that the officcis cannot keep
pace with the demands for their assist-
ance and advice
WHEAT MARKETING SCHEME
This question I shall deal with mole
fully at a latoi date In view of the
ciiticisras that hive been levelled at
the Government, howcvei, it might not
be out of place t-eic to lefoi to ceitam
ni ittcrs leading up to the inauguration of
the wheat marketing scheme It will
be remembered that in 1119 the pio
duction of wheat had fallen to 25d,000
bushels, and vvitn a view to encouraging
the. growth of wheat the Government on
14th January, 1020, announced that it
would guarantee 6s 9d pei bushel for
tho 1120 21 crop, it was also decided
to give prizes for the best ciop of wheat,
with the same object in view In No
'vembei of 1920 the Prune Mimstei con-
vened a conference ot State Premiéis, in
order-to consider the question of a pool,
and the financing of the handling of
thq wheat ciop \t that time the rate
of interest had piacticallv leachod its
highest limit, and the banks were not
Willing to finance the handling of the
Australian wheat ciop At the confer-
ence referred to the exporting States
1 decided to continue the wheat pool, and
fixed the price foi 1020 21 at 9s pei
bushel the Commonwealth Government
undertaking to finance the pool to the
extent of is per bushel The Prime
I Mimstei was asked if the same assist-
ance would be given to Tasmania, and he
promised that it would, conditionally
on the Cove.nment forming a local wheat
maiketing jschemo but it would not be
advanced to the millers direct Allowing
for the effect of the guarantee of 6b 9d
pel bushel, plus the prospects of good
prices, it was estimated that the Tas-
manian crop would reach about 400,000
bushels, nnd on this estimate the wheat
marketing scheme was initiated, and the
statement was made by me that Tas-
manian larmers would realise 9s per
bushel, less expenses In confirmation
of that estimate, in Tanuarv the Gov-
ernment Statistician furnished his re-
port, based on fanncrsVrcturns at 410,000
bushels, but the actual ciop yielded
566,000 bushel» This excess quantity,
together with other îeasons not neces-
sary for me to detail here, brought about
difficulties which îcsultcd in a lovyci
price being realised thun had been ori-
ginally anticipated, the puce being about
7s per bushel Regarding the criticisms
offered as to the administration of tho
Wheat Act and of the Wheat Board, let
it be remembered the administration ha«:
been in the hands of Hon J U Hayes,
Ministci of Agriculture himself a far-
mer, and that on the board, from the
commencement, there has been a ma-
jority of faimeis, while foi the lattci
part the board has been wholly com-
posed of farmers It will therefore be
recognised that the growers' interests
have been caiefully watched In regard
to statements by one of the board as to
recommendations of .the board having
been ignored, the Minister of Agricul-
ture has alieady so effectively answered
the assoitions that no furthei comment
from mc is needed The attempt to con-
strue a statement by myself and the
Minister of Agriculture (viz, that the
scheme would îealisc 0s per bushel)
into a promise or guarantee by the Gov-
ernment, is altogether absurd, tho only
guaiantee was that of 6s 9d per bushel,
given in the press of 15th Januaiy, 1920
This was before the seed was in the
croun.iL. and Jhat,gu»rantfia_wnuld "have
.Kan loyally carried out, the other was
simply a statement; made in good faith
based on estimates available, but waa
not in any way binding on the Govern-
ment The only contract with the grow-
ers is embodied in the Wheat Act, passed
by both Houses of Parliament, and con
tainb no îeference to pnce. All I wish
to say at this stage is that it is un-
fortunate that the scheme did not real-
ise the amount expected Nevertheless,
a good price has been realised, every
wheat grovvci has rccoived approximately
7s. for his wheat, all the season's crop
has been disposed of, and I say without
hesitation tho scheme has justified it {
self as a measure in the interests of i
growers as a whole It will bo well for
critics to consider what the position
would have been had there been no
pool, and it would bo well also to con
trast the positiou of tho Tasmanian
wheatgrowors with the wheatgrowors in
West Australia In ' The Mercury" of
15th instant, the following statement ap-
pears -"The Mimstei in ehaigo of the
State wheat pool (Mr Maley) states
that ovci 7^00,000 bushelb of this sea
son'.-, wheat has been sold, and avciagcd
5s 3d per bushel, fob, or 4s Sd at
siding There is a little moro than
foui and 1 half million bushels still
In "eil" Then again, I have absolutely
definite information from South Austra
lia that only two thirds, of the 1921 crop
handled by tho pool there has been bold,
the average amount realised being 5s
4d per bushel In face of this, it will
be seen what the real value of the Tas-
manian pool has been to the wheat
grower in Tasmania In the policy
speech, timo will not permit of my deal-
ing further with this question, beyond
saying that at no time did tho Govern-
ment undertake to purchase the wheat
grown m Tasmania, nor did the Govern-
ment guaiantco 0s pei bushel, no1 can'
it agree that the difference between 7s
and 0s "hall be paid to the wheat
growei *To do so would be to law the
orchardist, the pastorahst, jnd the con
bjmei generally,4j> order to give a direct
subsidj to the wbcatgrower, who has
received already what mubt be admitted
a very fair pi ice foi his wheat Mav
I ask if the T S and O Asbociatioi and
the PP Association, who have ciiticibcd
the Government and demunded the pay-
ment of the money by the Government
are prepared to advocate such a tax, and
pledge themselves to osrry it through
if their candidates aro returned''
-- MINING INDUSTRY
The position of the mining indu&tiy
hab given grave concein to the Govern
mont The decline in the prices of
matais during the past two veart, virv-
ing from 10 to 00 per cent, coupled
with the continued high price in the cost
of production, has created a position
where it is no longer profitable to carry
on inraing operations upon any but high
grade propo itions The Government
has been invited to assist the induttr}
bv the grant of large subsidies and
grante-m-a-id, and is frequently asked
to find the capital for ventures towardb
which no one else seems willing to sub-
scribe It has been found impossible
to ask the taxpayer to meet all the de
mands with which those connected with
the mining industry would saddle them,
and it is a question whether it is econo-
mically sound for the State to subsidise
tho cost of extracting from the, earth
valuable assets of the State when tlic
value of the metal produced is con-
siderably less than, the cost of producing
it So far as the financial position has
permitted, assistance has been given to
tributers and miners at Zeehan, in the
hope that that once important centre of
mining activity may be revived Ar
rangement» have been made for the sale
of osmiridium on producers' account, in
the hope that thev may secure the bene-
fit of the market value of their product
Thc-iavcatigations into the coal re
sources and tbo underground water re-
sources of the htatc have been proceeded j
with vigorously, and bonng plants and
a drilling plant arc being made available
Considerable research work is being ear-
ned on, and prospecting upon a limited
scale, and in certain specified localities
is bomg arranged for The Mount
Cameron water race is receiving con
«idiïrstion, with a view to extending its
usefulness
INDUSTRIAL,"
With regard to industrial legislation,
notwithstanding the fact that such K»s
been iii .existence, for some years, there
is still a lick of knowledge of the main
principles embodied therein Thib is to
"omc extent excneable, owing to the con
lu ion of tnought arising out of over
lapping of Federal and btate legislation
Ii lb eqaall«. true 111 regard to tnc re
' itionship between economic conditions
and induFtnul k,ri«lation in Australia
to dav, there 1«. the same confusion of
thoi ght \s a lcsult, manv people at
the present moment arc declaring that
I t
almost the solo cause of unemployment
and unrest is due to the Industrial
Court determinations. That tins is not
wholly true is evidenced bv tho fact
that in Great Britain and America, where
this legislation docs not exist, tho same
conditions of unemployment and strife
between Caprtal and Labom e-vist It
is well that it should be realised we ara
dealing with what is not merely a local
troublo confinad to Tasmania ->r even to
Australia, but what is i world wide
problem There is a section to clsv in
fas nama who argue if wo wiped off the
Statute Books all legislation for the re
gulatioi f industriel matters it would
be the cure 101 industrial unrest hut I
v mild i em nd them of v b i li^ hap
ppiieil elsewhere Whole tbcie la been
no buch logibUbon there li i bee,v the
saim oonflict between Capital anti Ls
hour and the deadly and destructive
weapon of the strike has been used to
foice a settlement We hive been in
America the Government compelled to
call out the military to quell lorciblv
the riots arising out of disputes between
eraplojccs and employers Then tiieic
w is the fearful tragedv in South Africa,
beginning with strikes and ending in
icvolutiou At the beginning of last
month wo read of 600,000 men withdraw
ing from the coal mines of United States
Amcrcia let; jt bo considered what this
means to the coranvunitv life of that
country In the face of lhe*c facts
plus the knowledge tint we have in thi*
countrj Labour organising into One Big
Union in order to enforco it» demands
it 13 not i question to day of legislation
th-it may be regarded as laboui in
chaiacter, but it is legislation that is
ncccs«aiy for the regulation of inihib
trisl matteis in the int»rc:,ts and for
the protection of the community
rs a whole Why should the
publie bo ;penih«ed and tbo commercial
une! industrial hfo of tbo coniraunitT
wieckod wlulo two contending faction
mi vi m nu,? against each other until
one or UIL other becomes o\h listed 1
i-av it is a dutv of tho Government to
«co that no sot of men have the power
to wreck tho eommunitv in that w iy
and Ihii proper machinery i» piovidcd
loi the legulution and contiol of indus
trial affaira Thon if hiving provided
the nece saij rmcliincrv men daio al>
tempt to take ovei control and eoelt
to bruer about revolution there, i«, onlv
one thing to bo done by the State foi
tho nu in benanee ot KA and nrdei
CONTROL OP INDUSTRIAL MAT-
TERS IN TASMANIA
Realising therefore it to le the einfr-
or the State to provide« the machinery
fe i dealing with industrial nutter m
1910 tho then Liberal Government under
fen Elliott, Lewi- introduced and pasted
the firbfc Wiges Board Act being of the
opinion that tiro Wa^es Boird svstem
offeied tho best means of scttloment of
lildu-rtniil conditions 'Phts 1910 \ct
modelled on the Victori in. \ot provid
ed loi cialt dolernimations mulei which
sn oinplovei found himself liiblo nndoi
two thioe oi even a dozen different de
terminations In 11)10 when betöre the
electors m tho Government's i olav
speech I indicated that the Government
proposed to introduce an Vmcmding
?\\ rnrp. Board BilL That im. el irlv
made parr, of tho polioy upon winch tho
present Government was returned with
the largest m»iority since, 1009, and m
accordance! with our premiso to the
old tora the nievasiiro was submitted to
ind pissed both Houses ot Parliament
In view of criticisms of the Government
m logan! to the Wa¿es Board Act ii
mn\ not be out ot placo to mention hero
some- ot Iho advantages of this Act over
tho 1010 Act Indiifitrv award«, ono de
termination covering tho whole ot Uie
amplojoca m an industry instead of
anything up to i dozen déterminations
under like old icfc, provision for agrec
meuCs to bo entered into bohveon an
employer oi gronp of employer«! with ¿0
pmplojees without setting up a AVages
Board liboraliaing of provisions for ip
prentices giving tho lullest oppothini
ties to employers and employees to nomí-
nalo tlieu own leprcsentatives cn the
Board reducing the period loi which
au employee c in claim ovoi time paj
ment (\. provision for automatic iel
justment ot wage«, on cost of living
figures as they ruo oi fall waa luifor
tunatoly, rojected by tho Legitlative
Council) lu this \.cl ia provided tho
Kimplo&t and moot cffotrtivo method or
reguhifcrng tho conditions between em
player and employees, to the partió '*
is the least expensive and so fir tu, the
cost to tho Stilo is concerned it is an
insurance against thoio unregulated up-
heavals between Capital and I jabour,
whjoli have proved so disastiotis in cou«
.ttJfo where no such, lnetbod oaasts It
is not clnime«d Quit it is perfect, and it
is recognised that after all the ultímate
result will depend on how tho niachin
civ is used bj the partie* concerned
and here I muet say that much ot the
cnticisni of tho Wageo Board svstem,
which, lina been aimed ivt the Govern-
ment and m veel t b le not been i uoti fled
because of the tanita of the Act, or of
its adminiolrntion bj tho dop^rhlnent,
but rathol Ima been duo to the fact
that in many instance«, omployers hnv«
been caroloss ibnut the appointment of
then roprobPntatave.-. nnd moro carolers
still in providing- thom with tho necos
barv material with whtrh to ma ko their
c isc AH a resalí faultv doterminatiomi
have been made, which liiun worked out
unsatlbf-vctonly that is tho fault of
those actually irsponsiblo foi the detor
muiations not) the taull of tho liw
rUDUPAI, OV-FKLAPPING
1 ho chief dilbciilty in regard to indue
ti lal mattera is that arising oui ot the,
Commonwealth, Arbitration four rpor
atmr over tho «amo sphere na the Stato
Wages Boards Act, bringing about com-
petition and overlapping This was not
intended bj the) Federal Constitution
the powers of tho lcdcial Arbitration
Courl were originally intondivl to cover
a real dispute eitending beyond the
ennfin'v of one State bul by doriMoufl
ol tim High. Court this powei has boen
extended t» lovel practicillj any and
every industry At. is well Jrnpvvru 1 have
Binco 1918 boen endeavouring fohavothia
remedied raj proposal being that tho
lcdcial Yrbltration Conrl should lie ox
dusivelj confined to industries purely
niior Slate in charactoi (such, ia coal
and transpar« «" -**) and ""& *-{? °a"ïr
industwos should be dealt with by tho
State Wages Boards The National
Government blands for that policy to-
day viz the abolition of Federal Arti!
trabón Court, as far as State industrial
matters aro ionccrrod, these to bo under
the c« elusive jurisdiction of out own
Wages Boards Act It is pleasing to
noto m a recent speech the Primo Minis
tor has definitely admitted his accept-
ance of this principle As to State in
Etrumentalities being controlled by the
rcderral Couit the. State Government
is absolutelj opposed to this In the
agreement reached some timo igo bo
tween, the Prime Minister and the Pre-
miers the former undertook to intro-
duce legislation in the Federal Parlia-
ment excluding State instrumentalities
from the operation of the Arbitration
Court, but this, while being an advan-
tage is not quite sufficient, as bj a
change ot policy or Government this
could be repealed Tbo State Govern-
ment has, therefore, joined with s'ime
of the other State Governments in an
eflort to get the High Court to allow
an appeal to the Privy Council against
the decision rcccntlj given by the High
Court on the constitutional aspect of
this matter As I have already said, our
Vi ¿cs Board -let i" not yet perfect no1
do 1 expect that such legislation will be
deviled as will give entire satisfaction
to employer and employee alike, it must
be improved as time and experience
show to be necessary The Government
proposes to submit some amendments
to the 1921 Wages Board« Act, the most
.mportant of which will be to vest in the
chairman of the Board and Chief In-
spector of Factories, as permanent head
of the department, power to adjust, each
quarter, wages in accordance with the
rise or fall in the coat of liv*ng figures, '
as snown by the Statistician The other
aim will be to piovido greater facilities
for the fixing of piece work rates m any
industry where the system can be
operated
EDUCATION.
The work of the Education
Department contarme* to expand.
In 1014 thp number of chil-
dren attending oui vin mary schools waa
35,310, and m 1921 .19,810 The teachers
engaged m 1314 numbered 040, and m
19-1 1460, of whom 8-1 were students at
the Training College or High Schools
Correspondence Branch -Thicc years
ago wc had 60 children from the remote
parts of Tasmania being educated
through this branch to-day thcro are
280 children receiving instruction who
otherwise could not be provided for
What a boon this is can only be appre
elated by those far removed from the
ordinary iacihties íor edueatnor One
of the teachers of this branch is also
assisting teachers in the. von. small
school*, whose educational qualification's
aro not hign, with good results Special
irrangements aro beng made to pro/ide
teachers in isolated districtb vvnere the
average is less than ten
High Schools -The new High *«ehool I
at Devonport ha» been built and opened
Intermediate high sihools hive been
opened at Scottsdale and Hucn Ule and I
arrangements are being mide foi the'
convevincc of children in distrcta Heir i
to existing high jchools Do-ncstic PCI
euee has been made a -comjiulsory courte I
for all girls attending high schooK
Teclinieal education is developing on
sound lines under the superintendence
of Mr Filis and the junioi technical
schools at Hobart and launceston arc
taxed to the utmost Ira tho senior tech-
nical schools the enrolment is also
steadily growing
STATE SHIPPING LINE NOT LOYALLY
SUPPORTED
In my first policy sococh I intimated
that the Government proposed to estab-
lish a State shipping service, commenc-
ing with the Straits Island trade and
following on willi cargo boats foi the
inter-State service, but owing to difB
cultics rxpenonrcd in securing a suit-
able tvpe of boat for the island servwc,
this service had to he delayed The
dearth of inter State shipping be« onung
VPry acute, the Government decided to
purchase i boat for that service, and
procured the J s Melbourne It is satis
factory to know that through tho atnkc
period the .Melbourne assisted verv
materially in keeping the State suppli»d
with coal and other requisites incident
ally with the tdvent of the Melbourne
all difficulties incidental to shortage ot
shipping disappeared to the advantage
of the producers and shippers gem rally
Tho Government alBo acquired the « s
Poolta, which is now in the inter State
trade and doing good work The Colli
boi and tho Tambar have also been se
cured for the Flinders Island and King
Island trade respectively, these two
boats arc well adapted for these islands
and should materially help the devolop
meat of that part of Tasmanian terri-
tory I wish to say heTe, however, in
regard to our two inter-State boats, that,
making all allowance for the slump m
tnde, the State department is not re
' ceiving that loyal support that it should
It has not been our policy to cut rates,
but if we are to lose money we might
BS well do it that way as run onr boats
only partly filled We know that every
effort is being made to attract trado to
the privately owned lines, and notwith-
standing the fact tint the State steamer
»lelbourne largely kept the State going
with coal and other commodities dunns
the strike period, as soon as the trouble
was over irany firms gave their business
to the private companies and the State
line practically none. This applies to
somi" of the eompanies largely using
coal, aud aleo to shippers of pioducc
f want to say tint the enterprise by the
State was undertaken foi the producers
of Tasmania and the commercial commu-
nity, and unless it is loyally supported
the service will be run at suth a loss
as will ultiraaCelj lead to a demand foi
tile Government to withdraw from the
business Should that happen they will
again be left to the mercy of privately
owned monopolies, with the same results
as before the advent of the State line
STATE INSURANCES
This department is doing good birsi
ness and is being largely availed of by
insurers throughout the State The busi-
ness is growing rapidly, no less than
6,304 policies have been issued, and it is
anticipated tjiat the cross premium in-
come for this >ear will be in the victnity
of £20,000.
ADVANCES FOR HOMES
This moauuro, which was also fore
casted m the Government's policy speech
of last year, has rendered good service
to those requiring to buy or build home»
for the workers, but, nnfortuna+clv
owing to the attitude of fee Legislative
Council in regard to the operation of
this department, the work has been somc
vshat retarded It is extremely regrett
able, too, that owing to the action of a
section of the Opposition m counting
out the House of Assembly at the con-
clusion of last session, the AaO.OOO ip
proved by the Legislative Council for
tins work was Dot able to be made avail-
able There have been 245 advanees mad«
amounting to £120,000-, and the repay
ments amount to ¿.10,700
BOYs HOME DtlOhATNL
During the vear with the sanction of
Parliament ihr hois of tbr Trillin.,
School New Town bavi hean transfer
red to the cla1e Farm, benceiomard to
tin knourn i* tin Stat, 1 inn ami Boys'
Home This iiroperH Ins betn (ran -
tened to tie <"luci Seen UrvS Depart
inent ind bcioro lfav inD tia oiheo ot
fluet <ccretdrj I visited the farm nnu
ilisru'rfd * lth ibo managu various
plid-es oí m in tsonxMil _nd eontrol 1 he
Oo\ ippeirrd to It \er- (omioibiblV
and happv in then new quarters and
the luaujscr md stall in vii anxious lo
do ti i 'ct tin Hu» lint« Ibeu is no
uai-o'i win tLil pio|>ert} should nut b*
lu ide to ro i lou" w iv to-naids bem"
elf Minpoil-ine mci 1 nu surn thal ile
liu\^ will lie Riven in opportuniH ol
b"coiniu" "jod eitizeus amid (surround

ings and uudoi conditions not possible

in tho old institution

1 KEN SINO HLPEllLMÍl it

I ho Government propaso lo submit n
lull to Pirliainent loi tho purposo of
taking ii referendum ot tho electors on
the ejucslion ot prohibition the issues
to he embodied in tin. bill being; -Con-

tinuance ¡eduction no licen«o without,

compensation nu licenso with eouipen j

«allon no license to lie turned bj n
nine sivlienths majority lhoio must
be some piovisiou foi a substantial «nil-
jin itj betöre leveming that decision al
the submission ol tlio question at ulm
teituiiintion of ouch thiee j ears

IsLCEbSU'i 101? INCREASED PRO-

DUCTION

I luivo now covered tho gioiind so tar
is tho past administration ot tho State
is concerned and have indicated th«
Government's proposals foi the ensu-
ing temi I do not say that thoso nre
going lo immediiitelj solve llio difficul-
ties bv which we oro confronted It is
ev ident to tlic most casual observer of
the times in which, wo live that there
is a htern necessity for the evercise of
economy m pin alo as well as m pub-
lic life l'rcsont-tlay standnads aie
moro oi less fictitious, and wo must
readjust ourselves to the changing con-
ditions of the times In common" with
oin lo idem of national and Stale af-
luís I hive advocated increased pro-
duction In all «et lions as one of tho
solutions of oin present-d iv diffae ultios
nnd for this T havo been criticised bj
the loading men in the Primary Pro-
ducéis/' \ssocintion_ us (nilling treason
Evidentb vritli tifoso people the old

axiom that tho man who maleas two
bíneles of grass grow where previouslv
was onlv one is n benefnr-tor to the
country ' is exploded Such an argu-
ment is morallv md economicnllv lin
«?oiDitl and notwithstanding thoso solf
eenfii>il critics I want lo emphasise that
the need to-dav is mcroised production
I ho working man must give of his best
tli<> lnaiiuf.u turci and the pnniarv pro
ehiLei liv utilisai ion of tile best and most
economical methods must produce more
as it is onlv bv production that the
wealth of the conimunitj enn lie in

c reved

GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE

The stock replj is that the Govern-
ment must find markets or find work
I admit there is some responsibility on
the pait of Government to co-operate

in these matters but therc is a tend- j

enev to look to Government too much
in lhc-e dav¡> What is needed is , a
more self reliant spirit and enterprise
on the pait of the people and less
spoon feeding by Governments In this
connection may I sav that mv Govern-
ment is in co operation with the Com
monwcalth Government establishing
coninieicia' agents in China and in other
Eastern countries with a view to giving
opportunities to develBp trade, but
might 1 ask what efforts arc being made
by commercial, manufacturing or prim
arj producing interests to get into touch
with thLSe adonis with a view to push
nig the sale of their products in these
countries with their teeming millions''
It seems to me th»t here is a held of
oppor'cmtv for some of the organise
tions which arc to-day more «oncerned
with the creation of political parties
than with these practical objects that
surclv are, or should be the legitimate
aims of such organisations

THE ISSUF BErORE THE ELECTORS

The National Government is before
the elcctois with six years of adnnnis

tration Necessarily, it is impossible to
traverse all that has been done during
that period but we do claim that under
the most difficult conditions that have
ever fallen to the lot of anv Govern-
ment we have done our best to carry on
the administration n the interests of
the country and its people We aro how
ever, being subject, d to a good deal of
cr ticism ind manv vague charges of
extravagance and bad administration b>
thoso who arc seeking to take our places
To such I would quote the words of Mr
Bonnr Law spearing of the British Gov-
ernment ' The Government of this and
cverj othei countrj was now in deep
waters ind it was inevitable in such
circumstances that it chould become un-
popular, but he icfused to believe that
members of the present Government
were on a lower plane than the critics
vnbo wcro anxious to supplant them"

COUNTRY PARTi

Those sentiments are of peculiar in
tcrest in Tasmania to day when the
Government is being opposed by a new
Tai tv on the grounds that the interests
of the primary producers arc not being
sufficiently eared for Without in any
waj -rf-cting on the candidates of that
party, I maj be pardoned for sajing
with Mr Bonar Law, that I refuse to
believe-and 1 think the countrv will
»lsu-that thç members oí the present

Government arc on a lower plane than
these critics who are anxious to sup-
plant them. I regret that every effort
mado by the National Party to bring
about unity on the part of those oppos-
ed to Labour has failed. That'the prim-
ary producéis should wish to be fully
represented in Parliament is a very
laudable desire, but that it is necessary,
in order to get that representation, to
form a distinct and separate party, is
very questionable. Can it be seid that
the primary producer is not adequately
represented to-day? There is a very
fair proportion of country representa-
tives in the Houae of Assembly, and in
the Government itself. Four out of the
live Ministers are country representa-
tives, three of them practical farmers.
Can it be seriously argued that a Coun-
try Party can hope to get a bigger or
better representation? On the other
band, the determination to maintain a
separate and distinct party in the House
of Assembly is full of danger. Thjjsc
who know anything of Parliamentary

procedure recognise that with three or I
more parties there is a tendency to
bargain with the Government as the
price of support by one or the other of
such partie;-. A small party holding
the balance of power is a danger to the
State, for it has the power without re-
sponsibility. So far as the Primary
Producers' Association, is concerned, I
have- heard little beyond vague criti-
cisms of myself as Premier, and still
moro vague generalities in criticism
of the Government. I have yet
to hear of any constructive policy as
an improvement on that which is sub-
mitted by the National Government.
With regard to th« F.S. and 0. Asso-
ciation, so far as I know they have no
political policy of any kind. It ia true
that two candidates for Franklin are,
with the assistance of the secretary of
the association, supposed to bo placing
the policy of the association before the
electors of that district. I understand
they propose to pay off the national debt,
and with the surplus to build railways,
roads, bridges, new jetties, and also to
undertake a national water scheme for
Southern Tasmania. Strange to say, one
of these candidates is supposed to have
left the National Party and become a
candidate for the separate Country
Party, as an advocate of economy, and

because he is opposed to the Government I
on account of its socialistic undertake
ings. The other candidate, speaking

from'thc same platform, states that these j
same undertakings are the bust things I
the Lee Government ever did.- Which, I
might I ask, is stating the policy of the
F.S. and O. Association? The plain facts
arc that this association has no consid-
ered political policy that has been sub-
mitted to or endorsed by its members.
This is borne out by -statements made
in the press by Mr. F^Burbury, an cx
president of the association. The pre-
sident (Hon. L. M. Shoobridge, M.L.C.),
and Mr. Burbury, have both expressed
disapproval of the decision of the Coun-
cil to support only such candidates as
will promise to maintain a separate and
independent party. The opinion is shared
by a growing number -of farmers and
pastoralists to-day that the movement
is ill-advised and the determination to
create another party \n a small House
such as in Tasmania lias been arrived
at by those who arc so 'hostile to the
present Government that they either do
not realise, or do not caro, what may
happen as a result of their action.
Messrs. Darling and Lyne, who seem to
be the loaders in bringing about the
decision of the F.S. and O. Association
lo sever their connection with the Na-
tional Party, state the main reason of
the association for so doing is because
the present Government has been pan-
dering to Labour by introducing meas-
ures of a strikingly Labour nature. Will
the F.S. and 0. Association, through its
official heads, state definitely what those
measures are, and if it is the policy
of the association candidates, if return-
ed, to repeal same? 1 have placed before
the electors the record and policy of the
National Government, and it is for the
Country Party to show wherein they can

Ho better.

THE LABOUR PARTY.

So far as the present Opposition is
concerned, I do not need to say very
much at this juncture. Mr- Lyons, tho
leader, will within a few days declare
tho policy of his party, and it will be
for me to reply later. It is well, how-
ever, that the electors should coalise
what the Labour Party stands for to-
day. Its record whenever it has been
in power fand incidentally I may say, for
the benefit of those advocates of a third
party, it has only obtained power when
those opposed to Labour rule have heen
divided, as is being attempted hore),
Labour lias put up a record of extrava-
gant expenditure, not for .the develop-
ment of the State, or on the grounds of
necessity, but largely on the basis of
political expediency-in other words for
vote-eatching purposes. Recently, driven
to desperation, the Labour movement
has become communistic, and-with an
extremist section of the party-revolu-
tionary. So far as the Labour move-
ment in Tasmania is concerned, it has
by its decisions at recent conferences,
adopted the O.B.U. principle, under which
it is laid down that capitalism is to
be abolished, the preamble of the O.B.U.
stating that capitalism can only be-abol-
ished by the* workers uniting in one
clasK-conscious, economic organisation,
to take and hold the mca'ns of produc-
tion by revolutionary, industrial, and
political action, to secure a complete
change. This organisation' is-to be
known as the A.W.U., and its object is
to band together in one organisation
all wage workers in every industry to
achieve the objective set forth in the pre-
amble. This, then, is the declared pol-
icy of the A.W.U., or in other words, the
O.B.U., and to this policy the Tasma-
nian Labour movement is pledged, and
to it Mr. Lyons, the leader, 'has given
his allegiance.

CONCLUSION.

I want now, in conclusion, to say that
I have endeavoured to place before you
the statement of the country's affairs.
That the position is one that will need
the exercise of the strictest caro is in-
disputable, and to meet the > situation
we need the iinitcd-^pupport of all sec-
tions of tim community. It has, there-
fore, been my aim to show that any di-
vision of forces, at least on thc«part of
those opposed to Labour, arc unwise, and
entirely unnecessary, and moreover, has
all the clements of danger. I have
briefly placed before you the objective
of tho Labour movement. Camouflaged
as it may bo, it stands for the revolu-
tionary "take and hold" policy of the One
Big Union movement; on the other hand,
you have before you the past record of
the National Government and the policy
of the National Party, broad-based in its
character, aiming at the maintenance of
loyalty to Empire and State,'justice to
nil sections of the community, and the
careful and judicious development of
the country along such lines as will make
for the prosperity and well being of the
people as a whole. (Applause^)

The Premier received an attentive

hearing throughout his speech, but there
was a buzz qf conversation through the
hall when he announced his intention of
dealing with the wheat marketing scheme.
His explanation was, however, listened
to attentively, and he was applauded at
the conclusion of his reference to the
subject.

In reply to a question, tho Premier
said he could not off-hand give an idea
of the cost of the wages boards for the
current year. His Government proposed
to give power to the chairman of the
wages boards to adjust wages in kecpirs
with the cost of living.

Hon. J. B. Hayes also briefly addressed
the meeting, and spoke in opposition to
the formation of a third political party.

On the motion of Mr. T. D. Archer, the
Premier was accorded a vote of thanks
and wished many happy returns of the
day. ___^______

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