AUSTRALIAN POLITICS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 144, 14 December 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS

wm MODIFIED STAMP DUTIES. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Sydney, December 13. Tn the Assembly, in moving the second reading of the Stamp Duties Amendment Bill, Mr. Dacey announced that it had been decided to modify the schedule, dropping the lieu on wool and taxes on mortgages and overdrafts, because they did not know quite how they could be enforced. The tax on steamer passengers was also modified so as to exempt passengers between ports within the State. Inter-State passengers, however, would pay sixpence first and threepence second saloon. Tickets for outside the Commonwealth would pay half-a-crown and a shilling respectively. STAMP DUTIES TALL. Received 14. 1.10 a.m. Sydney, December 13. The Assembly passed the Stamp Duties Bill in its amended form. ' THE TARIFF BILL. Received 14, 1 a.m. Melbourne, December 13. The House passed a month's suply, and is making slow progress with the Tariff Bill. A VOTE OF CEXSURE. Received 13, 9.30 p.m. Adelaide, December 13. Tn the Assembly, Mr. Duncan, Leader of the Opposition, moved a vote of censure on the Government for not taking action to deal with the breaches of the electoral law revealed in the report of the electoral committee.