AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2938, 25 November 1916, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

THE PARLIAMENT BILL SIGNED Br Telegraph-Press'' AsEOoiation-CopyriElit Sytihoy, ; 'l<!bvember 24. .'■ ' '■ The Governor (Sir Gerald Strickland) has assented to'the'Bill prolonging the life of Parliament."■' : • ESTIMATING THE COSTS."', THE TRAINING OF MEN. (Rec., November 24, 10.45 p.m.)' Melbourne, November 24. _' r ' Mr. Pearco, Defence Minister, estimates that the recent call up of men for training in proclamation camps, not including the taking'of the refer- ■■'■ endum, cost £600,000. -, The Government has imdertakeu to send 450 munition workers to England, costing the Commonwealth "£22,000 per annum in allowauces .to dependants and travelling expenses, but not in- . eluding wages. ■ : . ' AUSTRALIA'S WHEAT CROP. vNEW POOLING ARRANGEMENTS. ■ Melbourne, November 24. The Federal Government has'decided to pool the 1916-17 wheat harvest, and advance farmers 2s. 6d.. per bushel, split into two or three payments. WEST .AUSTRALIA'S BUDGET' PROSPECTIVE DEFICIT OF-A MILLION AND A HALF. ■ . .'■ Perth, November 23. The Premier (llr. Wilson) has delivered his Budget, It is estimated that, revenue will produce i£3,650,430, aud that -i the expenditure will be.K>.I7G,IG9. Tha prospective deficit is =£1,495,679, against which there is the proposal for new taxation, stamp duty, income tax, tax on amusements, raisin? the totalisator duty : , to 5 per cent., and a sale tax on luxuries. . ' " ' ,: DAYLIGHT SAVING NEW SOUTH WALES BILL PASSED. \ Sydney, November 23. The Assembly decided to suspend the Standing Orders to enable the Daylight Saving Bill to pass all stages at one sitting. ' : In the Assembly, the ,Chief Secretary (Mr. Fuller) stated that the Daylight Saving Bill provided that from the first Sunday in October to the first Sunday in March, next, clock timo will be advanced by one hour.