POLITICAL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1743, 29 May 1888, Page 2

POLITICAL NEWS.

The Wellington correspondent of the Ashburton Guardian, telegraphing yesterday, says:— Government are still pegging away at their financial policy, and the misleading morning journal hints very broadly to-day that the Premier’s promise of last session to provide a tariff which would be acceptable to everybody, is not likely to .be -very easily fulfilled* The Times this morning says“ Nobody can pretend ] to 1 feel at alLsurprised that..,.Government r have experienced, and,, are experiencing, considerable difficulty in framing , a finaheiarpolicy that is likely to bo fairly B‘atiaractory to the House or to the Jin ,the first place, it, must necessarily be a very nasty, pill to everybody, that' after all the; stringent retrenchment which has been j! effected, - additionaltaxation proves, sill. to as is generally understood, to be the case, and in the next place it is frightful! y difficult to devise a mode, of taxation that shall .not elicit a roar of indignation ~ from some quarters.”,’,. SPo, pebt the;’ deficit which ;is tacitly ’acknow-, lodged to be certain, additional taxation in some form will- be necessary, and it is believed it’will be in the direction of having a duty of 3d on tea, and 2d (?) on sugar, which, it is said, would raise sufficient revenue for , fill purposes. , , ,J'J J 1 \ > - :~n So. far it has not been : decided whether the Financial .Statement will come-down-to-morrow or not. I ’ ,A; meeting was. '(held thin morning, . a,t which ’eight were present, dis- , ieuss the pointipn;pf .MrPyke’s Roidan , Catholic Schools Bill. It was intimated ’oh behalf'of several! hther .menjbers that they w6uli£ohly : ’ the BUI pn, ppnditioii that the jsslme advantages as are proposed for Catholics : should be vouchsafed -to: -other Jde-;' nominations; ■ ' .It " was .decided to alter the Bill as suggested, to give half; capitation to Schools ■Satisfying! the requirements las to I provided there jis an * 'average attendanceoflOO.'/ The title -, loftbe. Bill will ■be , altered, to Private, W Schools Bill. “• • t ■ j Jj'

There are rumors flying’round to-, day of a big row in the Cabinet on Saturday, over' the proposed j Tariff, though of course no one can say for certain what is 'ihe positions ; - j ] To ascertain expect the Statement I interviewed a Minister this morning. He informed me .that he ..;36eai *know when fhe Statement may come ' down, and that dt all dependsiOn circumstances.