SECOND EDITION. AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

Mataura Ensign, 2 July 1914, Page 5

SECOND EDITION. AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

THE FEDERAL REVENUE.

BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COPtTIOHT, P«B UNITED FBESS ASSOCIATION. M'i:i.lH>rH.VK, July 1.

The Federal revenue for the yvnt ;imounts to C21,7M, 150, •whiih #js „ iT27I ,-1" jO above the estimate. ™ ■ Received .Tillv 2, 11.'25 u.m. MKLKOURNJ*, July 2. . The Commonwealth rotnrns show" that the accumulated .surplus is £1,108,321 :\inl the <'xj»'imlilur»' £23.2b\5 ; .J27. an inm'iWi* of £1,700,501. fiistonis and excise revenue amounted Jr to £l-1,!)73,5,V1, exceeding the estimato by £73.551, and postal rcv<>nuo £-1 .."ill ,318, which is £33,<kS;s under tho estimate.

State ])aynionts totalled £G,1!)2,!)9!) (New South Wales £"2,115,*2-11, Victoria £1,733.22.;), Queensland £510,'271, South' Australia, .£51(1,11:1, West AusMalia, £013,006, and Tasmania £2-J7,53G).

WEST AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

Received July 2, 9.25 a.m. " PERTH, July 2.

The. Governor (Major-General Sir Harry liairon) opened l'arlinimuit. The, SjJtHX'h from the Throne foreshadowed oonstitutional and land law reforms and the construction of six n(*w railways. Tho Premier (Hon. J. Stadtlon) introduced ti 3*ill providing for iilie popular initiative alid referendum.

The Lender of thev Opposition con. doinned the waste of pulblip: money ia State enterprises which do not j>av ex-

penses,

Tim Prtimier 'warmly claimed ' that they benefited the uublie and the largo borrowing and spending had jirovontedl financial chaos.

NEW SOUTH WALES AFFAIRS.

• SYDNEY, .luly 1. The Premier (Hon. W. A. Holnian), n a policy speech at Cootaiuuiidra, outlined a most comprehensive programme of legislation for the. coming session. This included the (spending of many additional millions in cxtendjug, dupli-cat-nu; and bringing the railways generally up to date, a city railway and a North Shore bridge: also tho expenditure of another £200,000 on the improvement of Newcastle Harbor. Irrigation iuul opening up Crown lands will also involve a large outlay. Health measures on the lines suggested by tho Auckland Medical Conference include tho provision of maternity hospitals, dealing with consumption, venereal diseases, and insanity.

NEW SOUTH WALES REVENUE

SYDNEY, July 1

The chief increases in the year's revenue .are: Railway receipts, £9til,S37; tramiwavs, £172,000; incom-e- tax, £6&>,000; stamp duty, £279.007. Tho recent readjustment of the income and: stamp duties is responsible for the in; creases therefrom.

STATE'S REVENUE

Received'Julv 2. 11.25 a.m. HRISHANE, July 2

Tho revenue for the year .was £0,073,258, an increase of L'si)s.oUl, and the expenditure was £0,!!G2,->lli, an increase of £SO(UIX. Received Julv 2, 11.25 a.m. ADELAIDE, July 2.

The State revenue amounted to £1,X18,1G5, an increase of" .WM.-i'i".'

COMMONWEALTH ELECTIONS,

ME/I/HOURNK, July 1

The Prime Minuter of the Cumminwcalth (R-t." Hon. .Icseph Cook) stale* that the* <lisK<)lntioii .of Parliament w!H take place on July 2S, ami on that' clay writs will be issued for the general elections. August 7 will be the last day on which nominations will he received from candidates, and the filling will take .place, on September .">.