AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BUDGET, c Received November] 25, 11 a.m. PERTH, November 25. The Hon. F. Wilson, Colonial Treasurer, delivered his Budget. The year ended with a deficit of ,£1,365. The estimated revenue for the current year is £3,390,579, and the esti ated deficit £210,000. The strictest economy will be necessary. There will be no salary increases, the land and income taxes will be reimposed, and it is proposed to impose a penny in the shilling tax on sports, amusements, and race meetings. MURDER AND SUICIDE. Received November 25, 11 a.m. PERTH, November 25. Richard Scott, who murdered his ■wife on the 13th' instant, succumbed to self-inflicted wounds. Scott, while suffering from melancholia, cut his wife's throat, and then fatally wounded himself.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3054, 26 November 1908, Page 5
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123AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3054, 26 November 1908, Page 5
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