AUSTRALIAN NEWS
JUSTICES OF THE. PEACE
PR IVILEG ES CUR TAILED. (Australian Press Association) SYDNEY, Feb. 26. Tlie State Government intends to bring down legislature curtailing the privileges of Justices of the Peace, including the provision that no honorary Magistrates shall sit on tin Bench, when police’ Magistrates are available. The matter has been under review for some time but recent happenings in the northern coalfields was responsible' for the decision to deal with the matter immediately.
VICTORIAN TAXES,
turn uav at 10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Feb. 27
Additional taxes on income, both lrom personal exertion and pro-pertv arc planned by the Victorian Labour Government to provide unemployment relief. It is proposed by this method to raise four hundred thousand sterling immediately by imposing a tax of a halfpenny m the pound on incomes over -£2OO and one penny in the pound on incomes dc-rived from property.
WESTRALIAN TRAINS
FLOODS HOLD UP
MELBOURNE. Feb. 27,
All bookings by tin east and west trains have been suspended. The foundations of the track near Forrest are affected. A passenger train which left Port Augusta on Tuesday night for Western Australia, will not he able to proceed beyond Donkin. This train was to have icscued about fifty passengers stranded in another tram near Forrest for a week, but this is now impossible. The line east and west of the marooned train is two feet under watei.
FREIGHTER AFIRE,
IN THE BUNKERS.
PERTH, Feb. 27. With number three bunker ablaze, the freighter Ningchow reached Bunion v. When the vessel berthed, the crew were playing hoses on the affected quarter and the ship had a bad list to port. Lifeboats were ready for launching.' Last night the fire seemed to be getting an increasing hold ’I he crew stated the fire had been burning siitec Monday. Some members' were treated for the effects of gas find explosions. Two explosion's occurred after the ship berthed. The Fire Brigade is pumping water into the hold.
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