AUSTRALIAN.
[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. COPYRIGHT.] N.S.W. BUDGET. (Received Yesterday at 1,1.10. p.m.) SYDNEY, September 20. The •Treasurer’s Budget statement disclosed record figures. The receipts increased by £641,218, and expenditure by £315,525 over last year. The deficit is £315,850. Tim estimated revenue for the coming year is £5,415,821 and expenditure £5,508,778. Increased taxation is extended to yield a further £289,149.
WINDOW BREAKERS
CAUSE £5,000 DAMAGE,
('Received This Dav at 10.15, a.m.) MELBOURNE, September 21. T.od bv half a dozen girls, a mob of men and women marched the streets, smashing shop windows, on their way to the Federal House, to- nrotest at Government’s failure to prohibit the export of food stuffs.
When the House was reached they found it strongly guarded by mounted and foot police, who repeatedly charged the mob. A few rioters forced an entry but were beaten back by the police who were concealed-in the vaults. The damage to windows is estimated at, Co.ooo. Several arrests were made.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1917, Page 3
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