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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 5 December 1940, Page 10

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AMERICAN CLIPPER AUCKLAND. This Day. The American Clipper left Noumea this morning on the final stage of its , flight from San Francisco and is du? at Auckland at 4 o’clock this afternoon. It carries eleven passengers The Clipper is scheduled to leave Auckland on the return flight on Saturday. AIRMEN ON THE MARCH AUCKLAND. This Day. To the strains of martial ban I music a long column of airmen swung down Queen street to-day, completing a long march through the city. They •were greeted along the whole of the route with cheering and hand-clap-ping which their smart bearing well justified. Qualified pilots led, followed by observers, air-gunners and radio operators. SHOULD BE BROUGHT BACK CANBERRA, This Day. Australian warships should b> brought back to home waters to con vey ships carrying Australian produce to Britain said Senator Keane iu th" Senate. Some 88,000 tons of sh.ippin , had already been lost, and if that rate of destruction continued Australia’s business of feeding the peorle cf England would stop. CANBERRA CRISIS CANBERRA. This Day. A labour caucus early this morning postponed decision on the Budge, compromise proposals submitted by the Government until further demands had been made on the Min istry. Mr Curtain indicated that the party had decided to endeavour to obtain further concessions as the price of withdrawal of the Opposition’s amendment. Concessions which the Government is prepared to rrake ar as follow: Raising the Federal income tax exemption from £l5O to £200; a domestic allowance of 7s a week fo»* wives with a child or children of oil men in the fighting services.; the Com mgnwealth td make an allowance of . £1,000,000 to wheat farmers for drought relief; standard rates for old age and invalid pensions to be raised Is to a guinea a week; wartime com panies tax to be subject to an investigation by a select committee, the amount budgeted for from this source to be increased; the Central Ban! credit to be investigated; question: capable of being discussed by th* War Council to be brought before th* council before going to Parliament legislation to give effect to the budge* in its amended form to be passed and amendments now before the House to be withdrawn. The concessions would i Cdd another £4 : 500.000 to the Budget GERMANY AND RUMANIA