AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 1670, 14 December 1911, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

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STAMP DUTIES BILL

Sydney, December 13. The Assembly passed the Stamp Duties Bill in an amended form.

FOR NEW ZEALAND

Arrived.- —Drayton Grange, from Liverpool. She has aboard- immigrants and sheep for New Zealand.

*THE MOTOR CAB

"" A special report of the Australasia Motor Cab Company shows the .company lost £23,000, the chief reason being the insufficiency of cabs running". They decided to transfer the control of the company from London to Australia. JAPANESE OFFICER KILLED. Brisbane, December 13. The chief officer of the -Japanese mail steamer Shimyo Maru was shotdead by the accidental explosion of a gun one of the crew was cleaning. The' victim is a Japanese. . A-MOTION OF CENSURE. Adelaide. December 13. In tho Assembly, Mr Duncan, leader of tho Opposition, moved a vote of censure on the Government for not taking action to deal with breaches of the electoral law revealed in the report-of the Electoral Committee. WEST AUSTRALIAN TREASURY. Perth, Dec-ember 14. The Treasurer's financial statement records that the dry season in the eastern agricultural districts necessitated extra expenditure for the water supply and prevented the Government collecting conditional purchase rents amounting to £22,000. 'ihe revenue for the past year amounted to £3,850,410; the expenditure was £3,734.000. After wiping off tho deficit with which the year opened, a balance'of £13,399 remained. The estimate for next year forecasts a deficit of £104,402. It is intended to introduce a graduated land tax and income tax. PROBABLY A HOAX. Sydne, December 14. The officials regard the Yongala bottle incident as a hoax. The writing in the note will be compared with the signature of the cook in the ship's articles. BEERDRINKERS' STRIKE. The becrdrinkers' strike at Broken Hill has ended, the publicans reducing- the price of pints from 6d to 4d.