VICTORIAN ELECTIONS. Melbourne, Jan. 7.
In view of the approaching elections the Victorian farmers have issued a manifesto urging an ad valorem duty of 25 per cent, on imported live stock and dead meat, with no drawbacks, and a duty of 3s per cental on imported cereals, peas, maize, £1 a ton on potatoes, 4d per lb on butter, cheese and bacon, and the offering of a bounty on the export of wheat, with a sliding scale of bonuses for vine culture and fruit growing.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 341, 9 February 1889, Page 4
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85VICTORIAN ELECTIONS. Melbourne, Jan. 7. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 341, 9 February 1889, Page 4
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