PROGRESS OF THE WORLD. 



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The Dominions' Commission. 



A vast amount of useful mformation 

 is being obtained by the Commission, 

 which is now in Victoria. Its members 

 go most thoroughly into the questions 

 before it, and every facility is given to 

 have particulars required readily avail- 

 able. The Governor-General voiced the 

 wish of all who have followed the work 

 of the Commission thus far, when he 

 urged that its recommendations, so far 

 as the Commonwealth was concerned, 

 should be published as soon as possible, 

 without waiting until the world tour 



operations and the harbour improve- 



men 



out. 



ments now bemg so leisurely carried 



The Federal Elections. 



The rival parties are now at grips in 

 the Federal campaign. Ministers are 

 stumping the country, and State politi- 

 cians are taking a hand in the fight. 

 The Ministerial Party has the great 

 advantage of a definite polic\'. Even if 

 the Referenda are defeated it has a set- 

 tled programme to carry out, which in- 

 cludes a revision of the tariff to further 



WIRELESS EY HORSEBACK. 



[Photo., Topical. 



A series of experimental tests with the New Patent Marconi Wireless Telegraphy " Pack 

 Station," are now being made to find the limit of range of the apparatus. When tliis Marcoci 

 Wireless Telegraphy is used for field operatiouri, it is carried on tlie saddles of fmir horses, and 

 it is so portable that it can be unpacked in the short time of six minutes. 



has been completed. The members of 

 the Commission are t-o visit Ballarat 

 and Bendigo, and will inspect the irri- 

 gation works in the Echuca district l^e- 

 fore proceeding to Tasmania. It is to 

 be hoped that the searching enquiries 

 made by the Commission into the depth 

 of our waterways and concerning our 

 harbour facilities will result in a much 

 needed speeding uj^ of tlie dredging 



protect Australian industries. The 

 task of the Opposition leaders to show 

 cause why they should be returned to 

 power is a most difficult one. The fin- 

 ance of the Labour Cknernment can be 

 violentl}' assailed, but hardl_\- an item 

 in its expenditure would be curtailed 

 by the Liberals. The Referenda pro- 

 posals cannot be condemned with that 

 whole-liearted violence indulged in by 



