BRITISH ESTIMATES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 60, 12 March 1923, Page 5

BRITISH ESTIMATES.

JUT OF THIRTEEN MILLIONS.! INCOME TAX REDUCTION. I FORECAST BY NEWSPAPER. j Ry e-ahle.-Press Association.— t'onyrigh, ■ ! I , Receive,! 12 .".,, p.m . LONDON. Slarch 11, The "Evening standard" believes thej otal estimates will eventually in- reduced £700.11(1(1,1)1111. as compared will, ;no.'!.(KH),nn,i in 1n22.;. It understands! he income tax and beer duty will be j _ive„ preference in ta\ red ucl'b.ns. <S. .ml N.Z. Cable., ; I VICTORIA'S BIG SCORE I AGAINST M.C.C. TEAM. FOUR CENTURIES MADE. 1 SILLBOCHNK. Slarch 11. The cricket match between M.C.I . and Victoria vvas resume,] yesterday. The Victorians continued their first ' inning? md batted throughout the day. their score when stump- were drawn'fur I lie lay being (117 f„ r the loss of siv wickets, in reply to M.C.C.'s first innings score of 71. The weather was Hue and the atten-dance-numbered fniil). The Knglisi,men's put up a strong defence, and made styli-h stroke-. After i.nssing the half-cent urv I'ark, who has I ~ l„.l„w Cue top ~f his form thi? season, batted grandly He gave .-, ehmcc ~, Hartley nl lit-1 slip when ii;,. and vva- niu.ht by SS'il-on at K'l. Love ilOIl milled the ball on to hi? wicket He cave a sound di-play and marie brilliant on-strokes. He hit ,: 1 fours, end was in nearly five hour?. He made only one faulty stroke. His part nership with I'ark ' added lbs. furk made 111(1 in l.V> minutes, and hi.- last •",() in H4 minute-. He hit eight fours. Hansford ills not out 1 played grace fully, l.iddictit tins., e-avc a ridiculously easy chance to Macl.ean al cover when II." I.owry vva? wicket keeping. Hans, lord reached .".'I after batiintt an hour, and l.iddicut made 7,0 in O.'l minutes. Ltinsfortl reached the century in inn minufes. l.iddicut made hi? '.'.,1 in :ts minute-. He hit nirrlit four?. The part nership produce.) .10. The Fntrlishmcn fielded well. n „d (hap man and Hill \Vo,„l were especially -~,.,1. Seven bowlers were tried The bovvliti'.' vva? not loose but it was not difficult, and the .row,l bantered the batsmen for not Peine ae.rcssivc. ( hai.inan vva? mi tirine-lv brilliant at cover. Following at the score?: SI , .("". First Innings . . . . 71 SKTORIA. First Inning?. SVoodflll. ,' ( i'.aptnan. b Cjbson . C Love, h Chapman . ... 10----iPonsford. st Macl.ean. !> Brand bilivdcr. run out .11 • Park. ..- Wil-on. b Calthorpe ... . 1"1 Ransford. not mil 1H l.iddicut. ,• Hill-Wood, b SS il-on . , . in-2 Hailev. not mil H I-Mi-a? II Tot al for ?i\" wicket? . t'.l 7 iA. and N.Z. Cable , ' END OF AFRICAN TOUR. j I vI'KTuWN. Slar.-h 1 I I Tl,.' M.i .1 . team has sailed :'"i ! Hi,'.'land. \. and N.Z. ( able., | MUSHROOM BANK. ' OPERATED WITHOUT LICENSE I PROMOTERS AND MONEY GONE j NK\\" YORK. Slarch 11. | Four brothers who conducted a -team I ship ticket agency, taking deposit? froti 'their Italian co tint io'nnlisl... although 'without a Stale license to operate a ?a v |in L .s bank, collected -uni- believed " total '..iinn.otiii dollar?, and disappear.', it„ day. Two thousand ininii-ra,,!----i stormed '.he in-t it ut ion. but their ell'ort to lind the brothers i,rove,l futile, j Four tlavs a_o the agency was ,1,,-...! |and thi? evitcil tl," -it-pi. ion of .lep,,-";t or?, who stirted to scared for the men | only to lind 1 i lev had di? i nnet, red wiC I their families. A, and N.Z. ( able