AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 November 1915, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

THE COAL-LUMPERS' DISPUTE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. , Sydney, Nov. 2. The decisions reached at a further conference of coal-lumpers in the recent trouble will be submitted to a meeting of lumpers on Saturday. , NEW SOUTH WALES BUDGET. Sydney, Nov. 2.

In the Assembly, Mr. Holman, delivering tho Budget, Baid the actual revenue for the past year was £18,928,000, and he estimated the revenue for the current year at £19,098,000 and the expenditure at £18,828,033. He proposed to repay £235,000 on the Public Works Account, leaving a net surplus of £34,967. No new general taxation was proposed, but bookmakers and race tickets would be taxed to the oetenti of £75,000. The motor tax and super tax on incomes would bo reimposed, yielding £358,000. Last year £11,040,000 was added to the public debt, making the total' £127,785,000.

QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT. Sydney, Nov. 3. Mr. Holman, in reply to questions regarding the opposition to the Government Liquor Bill, said that if the early closing party did not value the Bill and thoughclt useless they could petition Parliament or tho Government and it would be abandoned. Out of fourteen State industrial undertakings eight showed a profit and six a loss. Referring to persistent rumors about the arming of Germans, Mr. Black stated that the police had seized many arms in the city and country, but had not found any signs of systematic distribution of arms.