AUSTRALIAN.
[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.] A NEW GOVERNOR. SYDNEY, Sept. 12. Sir Walter Davidson, Governor of Newfoundland ha R been appointed Governor of New Soutli Wales.
AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. (Received This Day at 10.15. a.m.) SYDNEY, September 13. The Assembly passed all its stages the bill doubling tho taxes on bookmakers registrations and betting tic•kots and reimproving tho super tax to three pence in £1 on incomes received during 1917. ENEMY SHARES SOM). (Received This Dav at 10.15. a.in.) 3IELBOURNE, September 13. The Government sale of enemy shares realised £38,000. CURTAILMENT OF SPORTS.
(Received This Dav-at 10.15. A.’ti 1 MELBOURNE, September 13.
Senator Pearce .announced the proposal for the curtailment of sports The Metropolitan race meeting in Vie toria will be reduced by 20 meetings. Now South Wales by 37, West Australia by 18, Queensland by 72. A number of trotting, pony and county meetings will also be reduced while unregistered meetings, will not he permitted.
Boxing contests of 20 rounds will ho allowed once a foitnight.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 September 1917, Page 3
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