TELEGRAPHIC BUDGET

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1489, 24 October 1885, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC BUDGET

Y^ecMtoJheSfymdm'dJy^ ! ; A letter received from the Secretary 6& ■the Wanganui Prospectittg . Company -r from Mr Field expresses his utter want of faithinJjhePqhaagina. . .. t : ';';.- I The ■ Wanganui - Steam Navigajtion ;."* ; Company expect their boat ready by. Christmas. ! Their secretary : has written jto the Government regarding the present \ stoppage of road making from the river to the Pordngoraran Tunnel contract. ; I The Wanganui Dairy Factory, Cony, i pany report having sold a of cheese at 6d per lb f.o.b, for Sydney. iTh£ladt lpfrlsent to ( Melbpur&e;^t^Wi,ed> 'out very satisfactory apd the merchants I will take more. TheCompany has now offer for all m hand. .. ; ,; The lonip arrived at Hobart jyesterday with the London mails to 12th Sept. ;• The prospects of N.S. Wales Government supporters are considered to be improving '- : - '■'■■ • .'■';• i The 1 Premier delivered a speech to his constituents at Dunedin last night. He ■ said that the Government had brought I down a policy; at the beginning of the ? session but the Opposition did riot attack jit as a whole but piecemeal. He thought i they had sketched' out too much work for Parliament. ; Bef erring ! to- the "tariff he< said that industries had to be encouraged, and as customs had decreased a revision ] of the tariff was necessary and if the Opj position, defeated them .they .would: f simply introduce the . sapqe proposals. • Referring to the land Bill he said he had I never expected any legislature m the •colony to pass^so libeaal a measure. The Natiyej policy ,of :Mr Ballance ; had :be<eh sneered at, but the v One Policeman" 'policy been successful and the Natives were friendly. The East and West'Goast .Railway he looked on as a colonial work jwhich should have been gone on with, jHe believed the Property Assessment | Act was the next best thing to the Land •Tax. After mentioning other measures |he said had it not been for the sympathy of his constituents he would have resigned. ■