AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
'{ SYDNEY, lug. SO. It is expected that th^i State Budget will show a surplus of £200,000. No fresh taxation proposals/ will be submitted. MELBOURNE. Aug. 30. The House of Representatives has adjourned till September 10. ■» PERTH, Aug. 30. The Assembly passed a Bill raising the rate of interest which the Government might pay on new loans fiom 5 to H per cent. The Prices Regulating BiH was read a It provides that the Government may fix the prices, of necessary commodities upon the report of a commissioner appointed to enquire into pness. v SYDNEY, Sep. 1. The minesweepers Geranium, /Mar-' fcuirite, and Minnow have arrived from New Zealand. The vessels will probably be presented to the Commonwealth. The small steamer Rosetrevor, from Hobart to Sydney, was wrecked be--tween Gabo and Cape Evard. The crew was saved after enduring great ' ■privations. I NEWCASTLE, Sep. 1. Arrived—War Soldier, from New Zealand.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 1 September 1919, Page 8
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151AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 1 September 1919, Page 8
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