AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 2 July 1924, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

new south wales SURPLUS

CABLE PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT T , - SYDNEY, July 1. AT I s °Y IC . - y ' announced that the New South Wales surplus for tho fiuaiicial year ended yesterday was £99*882. Treasurer estimated last session that £he surplus would be £11,705. Aus.-N.h. Cable Assn. STEAMER DECLARED BLACK. ■ TI ■ ' PERTH, July l. . Ihe steamer Eyogle has been declared black and pickets placed near the vessel intercepted lorries conveying Stores to the ship. The drivers were turned away without‘delivering the stores. MEAT ENCOURAGEMENT BILL. . .. , . . SYDNEY 7 , July 1. . f- select- committee appointed to conSl< * ei ’ proposed Meat Encouragement Bill decided to give it their support and the Government will lie asked •jO introduce the Bill at an early date. It provides that a levy be imposed on Horned stock of a pCniiv per head, with an .exemption up to 100 in the case of any one owner; a levy on sheep of onerlio 11 a P enn y.with an exemption of oOU. The committee recommend that the tenure of members of the board to be set np be limited tv five years, unless Parliament decides to renew the appointment for a further period. The opinion is expressed that untess something is done by way of organisation of the cattle industry it will m ivliole or in part die out.

REVENUE FOR VICTORIA. MELBOURNE, Jwy 1. The total receipts far’ the financial year ended yesterday amounted to £21,983.096, an increase of £684,986 compared with the previous vear. The estimated receipts 'were £22,247,425. The actual expenditure will not .bo available till. the Budget is presented to Parliament, but the estimated expenditure was £22,084,825. PURCHASE OF DOCKYARD. MELBOURNE, July 1. A definite arrangement under which the Harbour Trust purchases the Williamstown dockyard from the Commonwealth Government has been made. The trust purchases the land an which the dockyard stands, together with certain buildings on it, for £IIO,OOO. The trust also takes over the stores not required by the Government to the value of £2o,ooo.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

SHIPPING. NEWCASTLE, July 1. < Sailed—Schouwen Gabriella and Rakanoa, for New Zealand. AN INVITATION REJECTED. MELBOURNE, July 1. Cabinet declined an invitation for a Federal Parliamentary party to tour South Africa.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.'