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...part of the financial fatherland, whereas Australia, with her vulnerable position in case of a great Pacific conflict, and her slightly rosy tint of political radicalism, is distinctly foreign. As a matter of history, Australia first came to Wall Street because London fell out with the legislators of Queensland* over a certain Land Amendment Act which taxed British pastoral investments despite agreements previously consummated which exempted the British security holders from Commonwealth levies. Although 1926 saw this dispute ironed out to London's satisfaction, the successful Queensland issue of 1922 at New York established a precedent. Now there...
...South Australia, with a population of 543,122, ranks fourth most populous among the eight states and territories which comprise the Continent: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, North Territory and Federal Capital Territory. Although the area of Australia (2,974,581 sq. mi.) is about two-thirds that of the U. S., the total population (5,929,288) is only slightly more than that of New York City (5,873,366). * Regions North of Australia are: British Siberia; and the Union of Socialist Soviet Islands ; Japan ; Korea ; China ; Manchuria ; Siberia; and the Union of Socialist...
...There are six states and one territory in the Australian Commonwealth: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory...
...important member of the Assembly of 1922 was Lord Chelmsford, a hard headed British proconsul who had been Governor successively of Queensland and New South Wales, and for five years Victory of India. He came to Geneva reluctantly and as a skeptic, in the position of First Delegate of India to the Assembly. After a few weeks of participation in the work of the League, he admitted gracefully that he had been mistaken in his judgement, and delivered the following thoughtful tribute from the door of the Assembly...
...first lecture was given on Monday and was on the subject of the "Waihi Gold field of New Zealand." The address this afternoon is on '"The Mount Morgan Copper Mines, Queensland...