AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 2 October 1930, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

RED INTERNATIONALE.

HOPES IN AUSTRALIA

(Australian Press Association.)

SYDNEY, Oct. 1

Waite (late assistant secretary oi the Labourers Union) has just returned .from a world tour, tie states ho was told by Russians that the Red International had a direct Red representative on, .the Australian Cabinet. They talked; freely on Australian affairs, and said il the progress of Soviet principles was as forward in other countries as it was in Australia..,the Red Internationale ideal would soon be realised.

CONFIDENCE TRICK

ON N.Z. MAN AT SYDNEY

SYDNEY, Oct.. 1

Robert Bowie, a visitor from New Zealand, became acquainted with a man in a Sydney hotel who offeicci to change £2O worth of New Zealand notes into gold. Bowie handed over his money. Then the stranger disappeared from the bar, and has not since boon, traced.

TIIB SALE TAX

SYDNEY, Oc.t. 1

The sales tax returns for September, which is the first full month in which this form of taxation lias-been in operation, reveals that whereas the Government anticipated half a million sterling, the actual revenue is only £280,476. '

FEDERAL REVENUE' DECLINE,

CANBERRA, Oct. 1

The Federal Revenue returns for tho first three months- of the financial year already disclose a deficiency of three millions, thus causing the Ministry tho greatest concern. Tbe lops of customs revenue is practically at the rate of ten millions per year. The postal revenue is £421.681 below the estimate.

WAGE-CUT CASE IN COURT.

MELBOURNE, 1 Oct. 1

•Argument was oqncl.udcd to-day in the Railway Award case in' wliiph the abrogation ' of wage by the Commissioners, of "four .St/ites. Tho Arbitrat'd in Court/' reserved, its decision. CONSTABLE VERSUS INSPECTOR. (Received 9.1(L miff.) SYDNEY, ‘This Day. Constable M. Gibbons lias issued a .writ for. ''three ' th’otislftd'' sterling' against Inspector Duffell. '‘causing a widespread sensation. It to •be the first action' of its' ; kind -to • bF taken by a member of "flny‘ policeforce hi the Empire ffgai list'd, hsupbrior - FEDERAL FINANCE. (Received 9.10 a.m.) CANBERRA, this Day. Consideration of the financial position and the proposals for balancing the Budget, lias been commenced by Cabinet. No definite - decisions have been reached. FURTHER DROP IN REVENUE. The State revenue returns for September in Victoria, South and West Australia, and Queensland show further large decreases compared with the corresponding month of last year.

RAILWAY FINANCIAL

TROUBLES

CANBERRA, October 1

The Railway Conciliation Board meeting yesterday proved.abortive, and the deadlock is-intensified, the men holding a cjijncil of war. EIRE | DAM AGE. SUVA, October 2. A fir- at five this morning in the Agricultural Department offices on the wharf reclamation, the Suva laboratory was gutted. The damage to the building is probablly £BOO which is fully insured.