QUEENSLAND POLITICS. THE CHINESE QUESTION. Rrisbane, this day.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 245, 10 March 1888, Page 1

QUEENSLAND POLITICS. THE CHINESE QUESTION. Rrisbane, this day.

Sir Samuel Griffiths in his manifesto declares that the most immedi- ! ately - pressing question is that of ! Chinese immigration. He proposes to increase the poll tax, diminish the number carried by each ship, the prohibition of work on lands or in mines, the imposition of an annual residencer tax on all Asiatics. He also proposes to prohibit naturalisation, and, if necessary, the imposition of an excise, duty, by means of stamping goods manufactured by Asiatics. i The address also promises a revision of the tariff in the direction of protection to native industries, a judicious reduction of railway rates to cheapen produce and help the farmers. A land tax is foreshadowed and a bill promised td deal with the grievances of the northern half of the colony. Mr Griffiths hopes that the new Parliament will . pass >ltlie,Nava,fc Bill,, and expresses tHe opinion tiiatjh^ftin^ipi'hasifcome for ■ehe x estabttehment df a'university >ns, Me adopting of stringent n*eana jts ;,cHe<sk the? rabbit pest. In conclusion he declares that his -watchword i* "Australia on for, the Australians,'* Vtf, he disbelieves in arid cpnflict with Gre»t Britain oa such a policy. • ' u ' .The political campaign begins ia about six woekt.