[SPECIAL TO KUMARA TIMES.]
GRADUAL ABOLITION OF THE DUTY ON-GOLD. •
LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS.
Wellington, October 31
In the Hou:;e last night, thanks to the untiring efforts of your members Messrs Seddon and Reid, the motion to reduce the gold duty by sixpence an ounce per annum till tit : is wholly abolished was, on a carried by 39 to 18. • The sludge channel of Kelly's Terrace, Stafford, is now under consideration by the Goldßelds Committee. The railway deviation to Kumara has been favorably reported on by the Public Petitions Committee.
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Kumara Times, Issue 963, 31 October 1879, Page 2
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