COMMONWEALTH BUDGET
T»ecei\ ed Tiuirsdav, 8.50 p.m. \\X'BL1(KA, Xov. 7. A Budget providing for expenditure this linancial yeur of £ Itld.HOO.O'lO w as presented today to the Labour caucus meeting where failure to cut direct lavation may be erit h-ised. Aeeording to the Budget estimates, the 'ommonw ealt h rcveiiue l'or lll-id-17 will be !,)()( l.utj'l. The maia relief provided is a cut of t! ! s, (100,0(1(1, niostly in saies ta\ on ••lothiiig, and petrol 1a\. It is not expected "that tlie caucus will insist on a fundamental rhange in the Budget which lias been already npproved by ("ali.net. Some .Ministers daim that Cabinet meetings {*ave the imj>ressiou that some further relief mi^ht be expOcled earlv iieM vear.
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 November 1946, Page 5
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116COMMONWEALTH BUDGET Chronicle (Levin), 8 November 1946, Page 5
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