MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 September 1918, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

[PEIt PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.] UNPRECENDENTE D TAXATION WASHINGTON, September 4. A new American revenue bill which is the greatest; taxing measure pi the history of the nation will be introduced in Congress on Tuesday. It will yield more than eight billion dollars, as compared with 3,914 million last year. The taxes on automobiles, will yield 123 million dollars, liquors 1,137, and cigarettes 165. The taxes on income are as follows:—On 2,500 dollars income, bo dollars tax; on .5000 dollars income 180 dollars tax; on 10,000 dollars 845 dollars tax; on 50,000 dollars, 12,495 tax; on 100,000 dollars, 39,000 tax ; 1,000,000 dollars, 047,000 dollars tax.

AMERICAN TRADE. NEW YORK, September 4. William O. Lane, director of the Asia Banking Corporation, and Redfe Dawson, vice-president are going from New York to China, for the purpose of laying the ground work for the expansion of United States trade in the Orient. ATTEMPT TO WRECK A HARBOUR NEW YORK, September 4. The “New York Times” correspondent at Santiago de Chile reports that the crews of German ships interned in a seaport corral ,attempted to sink their ships. Government and public opinion is aroused. The port would have been made useless had the plan succeeded.

LIVING WAGE FINED. SYDNEY September •'>. Owing to the decrease in the purchasing .value of a sovereign, the Board of Trade, lias fixed' the living wage at 60s. STRIKE FEVER SPREADING. LONDON September 4. The London firemen threaten to strike unless the Ministry of Labour recognises the Union within a week. WAGES REQUEST REFUSED. CAPETOWN, September 4. The Rand Engineers Employer’s Association has decided to refuse an increase in wages to 1625. a week demanded by the engineers on the ground that it exceeds the increased cost of living, compared with pre-war figures EDISON’S LATEST INVENTION. NEW YORK. Rep. 4. A Baltimore correspondent, learns that Thomas Edison’s patent for the detection of submarines is an electrical device to he fastened to submarine chasers. It is capable of indicating the presence of U-boats under the water for a radius of five miles. The position of the U-boat can also be detected with reasonable accuracy.

LORD READING’S MESSAGE, NEW YORK, Sep. 1. Lord Reading sent a message to the War Exhibition at Chicago, that the Prussian dream of world-mastery had vanished, because of, the individual sacrifice and collective bravery of the Allies’ Armies. If everyone will work hard during the coming months, Germany is certain to he decisively beaten, and the world remodelled on principles of security, justice and freedom, and the force of violence and autocracy will be swept away.

CANADA’S WHEAT. OTTAWA, Sep. 4. I The Canadian Government guarantees the purchase of all surplus merchantable wheat raised in Canada in 1918. They will distribute the surplus to millers, supervise the transport for home, and allot quantities for homo and British consumption. I DESERT GOLD. SYDNEY, September 5. The New Zealand team appeared on the tracks. Desert Gold created a favourable ijmprossion. It. is c-onsider- , ed that the champion looks more seasoned and will bo quickly got into racing trim. REDUCED IN AUGUST. f AUSTRALIAN (t N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION &, REUTER. J (Received This Dav at 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 5. The. Admiralty announces* the tonnage of merchantmen compelled in United Kingdom in August was 124,(575 compared with 14(5,94ft-in .July. The j final for twelve months to the end of * August is 1.512,0(54, Lord Pirrie comments on the reduction which is partly attributable to influenza, while the plans to increase skilled labour in the yards were frustrated by events on the west front, but is pleased to say there is an early probability of reducing the present naval programme, which will result in tho transference of men to merchant work. He is of opinion the output will improve materially towards the end of the year.