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could promise that the mixority with
ich he waa connected ‘would asst the
majority, and would help the Gover-

ment to out @ ive policy.
There would be no eaptions opposition,
and the Ministry could rely upon the

Opposition

‘anesiatance and 10;
in this direction. (Applanse).

Tho Hon. C. Russen, M.L.C., mayor of
Lannces‘on, also spoke. Ile agreed with
Mr Dumbloton that the debt should be
reduced out of revenue, and he could
never understand why loans should be
floated for the It seemed like
robbing Peter to pay Paul, The Tas-
manian finances were in a sound position,
and in two yoars the Government
had reduced the public debt by £51,000
out 'Crevenue, (Applause,) Under try.
ing conditions, the Government hed dose
2001 work, and he was convinced that it

a continue to do work in the

Tamasnia had not received fair
treatment from the Federal Government,

‘at the forthcoming election the

just return men who would stand
r to shoulder in th
‘asmnania, for unlees they
mity he felt certain

rt for defence purposes, he
Rrought the time was po tar Giant

uninterrapted communication ‘would,
rerrebi gy eco stad
the ‘Common

for every success, realising
any pert of Tasmania was
and they as a Btal

it occa positions.
Devonport did elaim to be re,
and i was
that the time was not for the

opportune
gonrummation of « resent movement, he
Pages poorag é
port a city.
(Appl: ) Dealing with the
cerire men of the town, ‘he. declared

equal, if not superior, to jing on the
Coast, with every Maoliig Tos chitin,

town, but he did not like blowi:
trumpet. He would, how
refer to the progress made by Devonport
during the past ten years. In 1896,
capital value was’ £216,000, and
annual value £10,000. "In 1906
figures w

peo
on the roll in 1896, now there were 1400,
while the population had increased from
2000 to 4090, and was still growing. The
rates in 1896 for Devonport were 3s lld,
t Kast Devonport 3s 6d, whi

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