AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 10 September 1930, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

DUTCH SQUADRON’S CRUISE. V . /.'* J.-ct <./ i-'y * . • •• y.- • v (Australian Press Association.) i£4-f\ J; : s fremantle;; Sept. 9. Tlrere arrives here ‘tb-'day'' from the East.-ilpdio^ra;J)ptch saval Squadron, consisting of the cruiser Java and the destroyers Eversten and De . Ruijter/, They are en route to Melbourne, Sydney and Wellington, New Zealand. The Moldavia arrived from London to-day. -p - 'C' THIEVES AT WORK. . ACTIVITIES IN SYDNEY. (Received this dav at 9. a.ibA . SYDNEY ; Sept. 10. A gang of expert thieves is working in the city. • Two safe sat the Producers Co-operative Distributing Company were blown open and about £SOO was taken, • Duplicate keys were txfeed to open five "shops in a State "shopping biock and. - assorted goods, ’valued at £6OO were stdiferiT;-. -f, w; ' M FEDERAL POLITICS. '■■■■ - SYDNEY', Sept. 10. The “HeraldV’ Melbourne correspondent says: It is now revealed Messrs Fenton, Lyons and; Forde are pie only three '’Ministers ..who; dernAnd‘ed an econorhy session of the Federal Parliament. Senator. Daly afterwards supported them. ' These four are now fighting the resit of Cabinet and a big section of party statements by Mr Beasley are regarded as mere election propaganda to help Air Lang, but the position of Federal finances is so desperate that Parliament must reassemble as soon as possible. All hope of raising additional revenue /by means of taxation has virtually been abandoned owing to the limited field. ■; ,•* ' ... A FINANCE MEETING. MELBOURNE, Sept. 10. Mr Fenton invited several prominent business and financial men to. meet the Finance Cabinet Sub-Com-mittee on Friday. The Government is anxious to test every possible scheme to solve its problems. MR SCULLIN’S HEALTH. ’ MELBOURNE, Sept. 10. A messagje from' the Orama says;— Mr Scullin is improring rapidly. TASMANIAN ASSEMBLY. HOBART, Sept. 10. The Assembly read a first time bills to re-establish the financial position, Theee include a wages and salaries tax by means of a stamp duty rate of threepence in the pound, increase in income tax percentage, reduction in public service salaries, generally increased probate duties, an additional penny stamp on cheques and amusement and motor tax inereaiafc.