Palmerston Electorate
■■•• : — ♦ --.■ lOHR OWIT OORRBSPONDBNT.I Foxton, This Pay. . Fred Pirani, labor candidate for the - Palmerston constituency, addressed s> large meeting here on political topics. H« had come to open an Assembly of theKnights of Labor, but at the desire of the meeting gave an outline of his views on political questions. He opposed the present ministry ; supported one per cent tax on unimproved value of land; income tax; abolition of Customs duties on necessaries of life to extent of £250,000 ; abolition of Property Tax, reform of the Upper House, and repeal of the Bankruptcy Laws. The meeting received the address very well, but at the request of the candidate passed no vote.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 40, 18 September 1890, Page 2
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112Palmerston Electorate Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 40, 18 September 1890, Page 2
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