GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 13 May 1907, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

DUTY ON ADVERTISING MATTER.

London, May 9.

Sir William Lyne received a deputation of members of the London and Birmingham Chambers of Commerce, also the Associated Chambers of Commerce, who asked ihat the duties on advertising catalogues be removed cr made payable in England in the hulk. ISir W. Lyne repiled that it was impossible to remove the duties, hut he would consider the other suggestion, lie implied that it might be neccs-a;-y to extend the duty to magazines, which, by excessive advertisements, sought to evade the duties 011 advertising catalogues. Sir W. Lyne pointedly refen-cd to Britain's disinclination for preference.

THE PREMIERS AND THE KING.

London, May !).

King Edward gave a dinner to the Premiers at Buckingham Palace. Then were present, the Prince of Wales, 11. K.H. tile Duke of Conliaugiit, the Dukes of Fife and Argyll, British Ministers, ex-Ministcrs, the Hon. T. Bent, Sir W. Lync, Lord Milner, the High Commissioners and the Agents-General. Kin;; Edward, during the banquet, spoke as follows:—1 cannot leave this room without raising my glass to wish prosperity anil happiness to the guests representing my oversea dominions. 1 give a hearty welcome to the distin gui-hed statesmen here to-night, and trust they will earrv away an agreeable impression of the Motherland. I wish them God-speed on their voyage homo.'

MR CARRL'TIIERS' POLICV

Kydnev, May !).

Mr C'arruthers (the Premier), spetking at Rockdale, outlined the Government policy. The chief points were that the income tax arising from personal exertions would be remitted and a dividend substituted for the remaining portion of the income tax. Stamp duty would be remitted to the extent of £130,000, and railway charges would be lowered by £250,000, with a further reduction on country lines to the extent of £130,000. The total remission proposed is £720,000. A new portfolio of Agriculture would lie created, and Jt big scheme of land resumption nxi closer settlement carried out. The Arbitration Bill would be repealed, acid a Wages Bill substituted for it. He proposes to take a referendum on the questions of the Federal capital ere and reduction in the number ot members of the Assembly from 00 to !iO. Mr Carruthers proposes to reduce (Ji, Assembly membership to (10, not ."0. lie expects at the end of the year a surplus of £1,350,000, which will he devoted to public works hitherto carried out; by loan money. Other proposals include pbeing the business and admini-tration of the Lands Department under a board of known ability and probity, setting aside £33,000 as pensions for invalids and cripples, subsidising friendly (-oca-tics to the extent i,f C2-LOOO, the resumption of the Veel River estate o£ 25,000 acres, closer settlement, examination of all lands within 20 miles of railways and in the rainfall belt, with a view to resumption; and extension of the Public Health Act making consumption and other diseases notifiable.

Melbourne, Jfay 10. Sir David Mason, a member uf the I unjauh Legislative Council, has arrived.

Intel\iewed regarding the distrubances behvveil Kauai I'iudi and Lahore, he "aid '' l:lt f"i' years past the (linvriunent Mad neen in tile habit ot rowai'diii"' the host educated Indians with olliee of some sort. 'I liis had caused everv educated Indian to become «a office-seeker, and they were always jjMering people l« use influence on their behalf. Those who fail to get olliee start agitations. Anoilier cause of the dislrubanees is the methods of self-advertisement adopted by pleaders. The average Indian is never happier than when concerned in a deep lawsuit and the pleaders are always seeking to advertise themselves. It' they can find a grievance of some sort they hurry out to harangue the mob. A particular grievance' seized on by the pleaders in the I'unjaub is one arising out or a Mill passed last session. "We have ail enormous number of irrigation canals there, which rearranged the allotment of land oil these ca'imls. The thing hud to lie dime. Tt caused some discontent, and the pleaders, seeing an excellent opportunity to bourn themselves, have taken this as their tesa and endeavor to inflame the people."