AUSTRALIAN POLITICS
BLOCKING BUSINESS, By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Melbourne, September 18. Bickering over the application of tho closure is largely blocking the business in the House of Representatives. The debate on the Finance Bill has been adjourned till Thursday. TASMAXIAN FINANCES. llolrarl, September 18. Sir Elliot' Lewis, Premier of Tasmania, in his Financial Statement, estimated the year to end with a deficiency of £80,218, making, with the previous year's deficiency, £123,000. He proposed to impose n super-tax of onefourth of the lnnd tax, also an income tax and an ability tax. He anticipated the financial stress would be much rilieved under the new per capita revenue from the Commonwealth.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 194, 20 September 1909, Page 2
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108AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 194, 20 September 1909, Page 2
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