BUILDERS' RUIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1927, Page 9

BUILDERS' RUIN.

i i Wages Tax to Help Family | Bonus. j PROTEST AGAINST BILL. I I (Received 11.30 a.m.) ■ I SYDNEY, this day. . | A meeting of the Master Buildoi>" ■ | Association carried a resolution pro- | testing against the • Child Endowment s | Bill. I ! It was stated that the bill would add >i at least £30 to the cost of the small t home. '| The New South Wale? timber miller-. } |it is pointed out, are already fiphting for an existence and should another t.\ ''per cent tax be placed on wages the I hardwood timber industry of the State '! would die. { b j MACARTNEY'S BENEFIT. "! RECEIPTS EXCEED £2000. II . ! (Hpcc'ivcd 10.30 n.in.t = | SYDN'EY. this day. j The roceipts from the match, Aus- % tralian eleven v. The Rest. for the l>enetit : of C'. G. Macartney, resulted in a sum r . of £2030 be in;: procured for the famous Australian ricketer. In addition, private subscription? hitherto received uuouut to approximately £400. The Rest of Aus- ; ralia in their -econd innings made 344 (Morgan 73. Jackson 32 O'Conn or 10 1 [. — — j ' Smith 23). Mailey n pot six wickets for 00, and Everett two n for 76. Australia in the second innings got 0 117 for three (Ryder, not out, 5."). e Wood full, not out. 25. McNamee got the three wickets for 46. Australia won by seven wickets. 10 Play was again spoiled by showery n weather, end the Rest of Australia wickets fell quickly till O'Connor and ;0 Smith made a stand and put on 97 runs for the eighth wicket. O'Connor batted brilliantly for his century. The attendance was 3000. ! — : - GOING OVER TO GOLF. MACARTNEY AND GREGORY. I Rrc rivc.l U p.m.) SYDXEY. this day. •i The cricketers. C. Macartney, Jack ■ 1 tires or;. •' nr ' A. AV. Oldfield, have become ii golfers. The "Herald"' says there is a it .-trong likelihood of the two former forsaking the cricket arena for the links.