AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 October 1921, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Brisbane, Oct. 27. In the Assembly a memorandum by the attorney-general on State enterprises was tabled. It states that it appears unlikely that within the next year the enterprises collectively will'be in a position to meet interest charges in addition to the working expenses. FEDERAL POLITICS. Melbourne, Oct. 28. In the House of Representatives the censure motion was defeated by 33 votes to 32. Mr. W. Hay, Country Party, voted with the Government. Mr. Bell, Country Party, was late for the division. WHEAT POOLS. Melbourne, Oct. 28. Mr. W. M. Hughes announced that the Commonwealth opposed a compulsory pool but, for the purposes of th'e co-ordination of shipping ’ and selling abroad, the Government will advance 3s a bushel for wheat for pools at railway sidings. TAX ON BETTING TICKETS. Melbourne, Oct? 27. The new tax on betting tickets operates on Saturday. It increases tlie tax on the grandstand enclosure to ’dd and the hill to 3d. # The tax was formerly 3d and Id. MOUNT MORGAN WAGES. Brisbane, Oct. 28. A full bench of the Arbitration Court reduced the wages of the Mount Morgan employees by 20 per cent, subject to a Government subsidy of lid being added to the wages, making Us 9d daily. A SYDNEY FIRE. Sydney, Oct. 28. A building occupied by printers and painters near Bathurst Street in the heart of the city was destroyed by fire. A wall collapsed and destroyed the stage portion of the Crystal Palace Picture Theatre just after the latter was cleared. ’ The damage is estimated at £50,000.