The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1881.
It will be seen from our Wellington telegrams that fair progress has been made with the Abolition of the Gold Dnty Bill. Mr Seddon succeeded in getting a resolution carried that the duty cease altogether in January, 1883, and in the meantime to be reduced by one shilling, as provided in the body of the Bill. Mr Sheehati also succeeded in getting affirmed the principle—that the abolition be left optional with the local authorities interested, in so far as the reveuue derived from the tax goes to their coffers. We are more sanguine now of the Bill passing this session, unless Mr Whitaker's influence in the Upper Chamber succeeds in stifling it. We are all aware that the Attorney-General has strong opinions on the matter, and has always opposed the abolition, no doubt seeing the result would be an attempt to rate miniDg property, batteries, &c. We will be satisfied if the question of abolition be left in the hands of the local authorities, and believe Mr Sheehan's suggesting this course, as it were a middle one, will be the salvation of the measure.
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3944, 19 August 1881, Page 2
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197The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1881. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3944, 19 August 1881, Page 2
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