INTERCOLONIAL.
Mblbotjenb, Tuesday. Mr Berry addressed his constituents at Geelong last night. He said he would strictly adhere to his latest views on the reform question and would introduce a Bill to abolish plural voting at the elections. He . proposed to meet the existing deficit by retrenchment, including twenty per cent deductions in the salaries of Ministers, future : Governors, Judges and Civil Servants. The Police Department will be reorganised. The existing deficiency is .£648,000. The assets, . including selectors' rents, amount to £502,000, leaving an actual deficit of .£146,000 which will be further reduced by the re- ; adjustment of accounts. Only a moderate ?r ■ increase of taxation will be necessary.
, The Ministers who are opposed in reelection are:— Messrs Berry, Vale, Williams, and Richardson. The libel' action v. "Punch" has been settled. The steamship Durham will go direct to Lytteltou on her next trip from England.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 190, 11 August 1880, Page 2
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145INTERCOLONIAL. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 190, 11 August 1880, Page 2
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