BRITISH REVENUE AND INCOME TAX

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2894, 5 October 1916, Page 5

BRITISH REVENUE AND INCOME TAX

. (neuter's Tolegram.). ; 1 -~': (Reo.-October 4,. 11.20 p.m.) -■; '. r ;:', , ''London, October 4:' ".. The revenue for the year~is £319,356," 000, as 'compared" with/- £213,595,500 last year. - The income tax. ha* risen , by £59,274,000. ". '•.,■'. ■■■<:" ('"She Times.")'" ; (ReC October 4, 11.20 pjri,) ■ ."''■'"' .: London, October 4. The colonial income tax .relief Trill have a maximum of ,■ Is.' 6d.. in the pound, affecting only, incomes paying an English tax of 3s. 6d.' and upwards. SHACKEETON'S PLANS COMING DIRECT TO AUSTRALIA. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association; (Rec, October .5, 0.20 a.m.) . Santiago (Chile), October 4. Sir Ernest Shackleton has -decided ' not to go to England, but will; proceed to Australia to command the .expedition which(Js to rescue the .ten members- of the party which 'remain with scanty provisions on- the west; side -of the south polar oontinent,-where they were stranded when the Aurora carried awayl '. ".';' •' '•'. ; ' '. Shaokleton' expects to reach Austra-' lia on November 25. '/■' ' DANISH BUDGET DJ3FIOTT DUE TO MILITARY '/ ;-■ EXPENDITURE.-. •:'.' ::■ V 'Australia-i-New Zealand Gable Association. ' Copenhagen, October 3. The Danish Budget shows a deficit of forty-three million kroner, due, to the military:. expenditure of sixty - million kroner (a kroner is worth Is. .ljd.)." '" v EAJLWAY WORKERS' '■'.' DEMANDS 'Australian-New Zealand Cable Association, • London, Ootober 30. • One hundred thousand employees in the railway are demanding 10s. weekly advance in wages. (R«c. October 4, 6.25 p.m.) London, October 3. The Government is bearing the whole wist of 'the recent war bonus which was granted to the railwaymen.