AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
SERVICE FOR YOUTH. (Rec 12 noon) SYDNEY, Sept. 27. The State Government lias decided to form a Department of Youth, which will try to find congenial employment for ever}' boy and girl in New Soutn Wales as he or she leaves school. The Minister of Air has announced that the first batch of Australian air crew trainees to go abroad for immediate and advanced training under the Empire air scheme have reached Canada. STATE FINANCES. An Adeliade message says a reduction of 3d in the pound in the income tax paid by married persons earning less than £SOO a year who have children under 16 is included in the Budget presented in the South Australian Assembly by the Premier. Thirty thousand taxpayers will benefit. A deficit of £383. compared with an actual deficit of £162,728 last year is provided for. A Brisbane report says no extra taxation is provided in the Budget introduced in the Queensland Parliament by the Treasurer. It aims at. a surplus of £5597. The last financial year closed with a surplus of £15,755.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 257, 27 September 1940, Page 8
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