AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16030, 23 September 1915, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

NEW SOUTH WALES REVENUE. INCREASE IN* TAXATION. By Telegraph— Association—Copyright Siuskt, September 22. The Auditor-General's report shows an increase fir the receipts of 'New South "Wales of £507,999, as compared with 1913. Direct taxation increased by £627,011, the. railway and tramway receipts decreased by £24,055. The public debt increased by £11,040,374, and is now £137,735,405. Six of the State industrial undertakings made -an aggregate loss of £32,222, and eight made an aggregate profit of £32,495. " The net loss since the inauguration of the undertakings totals . £21,212. HOURS UNDERGROUND. , _.. FORTY-FOUR A WEEK.- «--'• SraerET, September 22. - At a meeting of underground men at Broken Hill, a resolution was passed expressing a determination -to fight for a forty-four hours week, to commence from midnight on Friday night. The fight will be carried on by working forty hours a week until the whole union is granted a forty-four hours week. Only the underground workers will carry on the actual fight. - -■... - .- -.. •- va 2 w4, V SYDNEY SUBURBS IN DARKNESS. STRIKE OF GASWORKERS: * (Received September 22. - 8.30 pan.) Stdnkt, September 22. The employee* of the North Sydney gasworks struck to-day owing to the dismissal of a trimmer, and the northern suburbs have consequently been without light to-night.