AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Grey River Argus, 29 October 1926, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BUDGET. ADELAIDE, Oct. 28. The South Australian Budget, which will be delivered on Tuesday, shows deficit of £800,006. The Government will suggest increased land, taxation, v. hich is estimated to yield £240,000, and increased railway freights are exi peefed tu bring in £350,000. HIDES MARKET. MELBOURNE, Oct. 28. At the hides market to-day, general values were unchanged. FIRES. MELBOURNE. October 28. Fire at the premises of John Sharpe and Sons, timber merchants, caused damage estimated at £40,000. i ’ BRTSBAN October 27. Fire destroyed an entire block, comprising five shops, in Cooroy, causing extensive damage. PACIFIC FLIGHT. SYDNEY. October 28. Captain Williams’ Pacific flight has been further delayed at Rabaul. owing to fhe plane colliding with the bpwsprit of a schooner when landing. 44-ITOUR WEEK, MELBOURNE. Oct. 28. Giving evidence at the enquiry before the Federal Arbitration Court, into the'probable effects of the adoption throughout the Commonwealth industries, of the 44-hours’ week, the manager of the Victorian firm estimated that it would add an additional ten to twentv million pounds annually to production costs. DRUG VICTIM. SYDNEY, October 28 The New Zealand drug addict, who was found in Sydnev Street, was charged at the Central Police Court with being a prohibited immigrant, in that ho failed t o pass the dictation test in Dutch, and was sentenced to

ono month’s imprisonment pending deportation to New Zealand.