GENERAL TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 234, 1 April 1912, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS

THE ERRATIC MR. PAYNE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Napier March 30. Interviewed by a repefrter to-day, Me, Payne, M.P. for Grey Lynn, expressed his intention of voting against the new administration. "This," he said, "will give Mr. Massey his opportunity of showing whether he is genuine in his profession of working along democratic lines. If he puts either Mr. Veitch or Mr. Robertson in his Cabinet as La)or Minister I will vote with him. This will prove to those people who have been howling against me in Grey Lynn that I was not married to the Ward Patrty, and that I took the step I did considering it to be the best in the interest of the workers, whom I really represent." OUSTOMS REVENUE. Gisborne, Last Night. The total amount ef revenue collected at the local Customhouse for the financial year ending yesterday was £58,399 2s 3d, as against £58,871 4s 6d for the last year. The Customs duties collected this year amounted to £54,454, which is a record. Glancing back over the figures fotr the past eleven years it is found that the amount collected in Customs duties at Oislwrnc has quadrupled since 1901-2.