AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18120, 19 June 1922, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

DESTRUCTION OF STOCK. AVOIDING TAXATION. A. uud N.Z. ADELAIDE. June 17. J\fi the Federal Fanners' Conference Mi', Roberts, of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, said he knew a man who Ordered 2000 cows to he she*, before June if no rain came, and 200:) more before August, to avoid taxation. Mr. W. M. Fleming, a member of the House of Representatives, testified that the same thing was prevalent throughout Australia. Mr. Hughes had stumped the Commonwealth urging greater production, and that was the reward for it. SUPERVISION 07 WINE BASS. SYDNEY. June 17. Following the Sydney Dailj: Telegraph's investigations in connection with wine bars, the Minister for Justice proposes an amendment .of the liquor laws to deal with them. . The police' declare that there is no need for special action at the present time. They are keeping a strict eye on the saloons. NEW SOUTH WALES LOANS. SYDNEY, June 17. During the next three years the New South Wales Government will be obliged to repay or renew loans aggregating £60,000,000, which factor will restrict loan expenditure. STATION WAGES REDUCED. BRISBANE. June 17. The Arbitration Court reduced the wages of station hands on cattle stations by 10s per week, jackaroos by 7s a week, and youths and females by Ss. The Judge stated that' last December the Court reduced wages by 7s a week, based on a minimum of £3 and keep. Since then the cattle industry had gone from, bad to worse. MOUNT MOROAN INCOME TAX. BRISBANE. June 17. The amount involved in the Mount Morgan Company's income tax dispute is £142,000, not £14,000 as previously cabled. NEW TASMANIAN ASSEMBLY. HOBAET. June 17. The constitution of the new Legislative Assembly is as follows: —Nationalists 12. Labour 12, Country Party 5, Independent, 1. AUSTRALIAN MADE AEROPLANE. SYDNEY, June 17. The first all-Australian made aeroplane made ft successful trial flight yesterday.