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Temuka Leader, Issue 10306, 7 March 1922, Page 4

The Indian Budget shows a deficit for the year of 34 crores of rupees (A crore equals 10,000,000 rupees.) Railway receipts, fell 13} croros, while the expenditure increased ovor 14 crores. This was mainly causod by the military expenditure on the Waziristan expedition. It is proposed to meet the deilcit by raising railway pnssonger fares 25 per cent., raising postal rates, Customs duties, income and super-income tax/ A recent occurence at Kyabram (Victoria) is reminiscent of Hall Caiue's gruesome storv of the- horse which, taking fright, bolted across the hills in the mist with a corpse in a coffiu on its hack. During the course of a funeral sorvico at Kyabram cometry,.a hearse was loft unattended at the gates. The horses became frightened and bolted, leaving in their wake a trail of accidents and smashes. They collided with a cab, breaking the shafts and injuring tho horseß; (hey knocked over a man who tried to stop them, injuring him so soveroly that he had to be removed to hospital; they cannoned into a tree and overturned the hearse, smashing it to matchwood. Thoroughly frenzied, the animals dashed away down the road. trailiiiK broken harness and splintered wood as they galloped. Ultimately they reached tho stables, and there stood quivering with fright, and panting with exhaustion. . The service was dulv concluded.