HEAVY expenditure on defence, for which £11,500,000 is allocated, is the outstanding feature of the Federal Budget for the current ...
Article : 300 wordsDEFENCE expenditure totalling £11,531,000 is foreshadowed in the Federal Budget. "The increased provision is formidable," Major R. G. Casey (Federal Treasurer) declared, "but it is no more than is essential." Allocation of the amount will cover all three arms of the defence force—navy, army, and air—in addition to votes for civil aviation and munitions. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 64 words"AS has been announced by the Prime Minister," said Major Casey, "the Government has decided to make substantial provision in this Budget for a ...
Article : 790 words"As a result of the liberalisation of the Maternity Allowances Act in September, 1936, approximately two-thirds of the allowances paid since that time ...
Article : 1,302 words"IT can be said that the present level of prosperity is higher than it has ever been in the previous history of this country," stated the Federal Treasurer (Major R. G. Casey), in presenting the Budget for 1937-8 in the House of ...
Article : 1,371 wordsTO enable the Australian Na tional Travel Association to intensify its publicity work abroad the Commonwealth ...
Article : 97 wordsTHE increase in old-age and invalid pensions from 19s to £1 will cost Australia about £2,000,000 this year. Between ...
Article : 133 words"IN these circumstances, the Government feels that the carrying of £2,500,000 of defence expenditure on loan instead of on the Budget is ...
Article : 1,312 wordsINCREASED production has marched hand in hand with diminished unemployment in Australia. The value of ...
Article : 129 words"THE Government has been in office for nearly six years," stated the Treasurer in his Budget speech, "and during that period the Australian" scene has very radically changed. From the valley of despair we ...
Article : 218 wordsMAJOR CASEY was subjected to a constant stream of interjections from Labour members as he delivered his speech. At times there was so ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 28 Aug 1937, Page 14
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