REVIEW OF THE SESSION.
FORECAST OF FUTURE LEGISLA-
TION.
THE PREMIER AND SIR JOSEPH
WAR© AT WELLINGTON
WELLINGTON, November 3. Tlie Preanier and Sar Joseph Waxd •addressed a crowded meeting in tihe Opera House to-night. • Reviewing tihe ■work of tlie past session, the Premier announced that it was the intention of the Government to reduce the Customs duties next session in the direction of a free breakfast table, also It© take something off the preeent duty cm. toibacoo. If it was found that the expenditure and the revenue were getting too close there would be an inci'ease in the graduated land tax.. The 'Government lalso intended to endeavour to establish <a system under which pensions would be paid to every soul in the Colony, the people paying a little money at a time, which would be subsidised, .hy .the State. ■ -i In supporting the Japanese alliance, the Premier^said tne Japanese did not want to come to' New Zealand, and would nab be allowed to if they did.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12645, 4 November 1905, Page 5
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167REVIEW OF THE SESSION. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12645, 4 November 1905, Page 5
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