THE LATEST.
VI (Received April 7th, 12.30 p.m.) Sydney, Wednesday. The Colonial Treasurer, iv his Financial Statement last night,* estimated the revenue for the coming year at £8,340,000, and the expenditure £8,570,000, the latter being a reduction of £540,000 on the previous estimates. The proposal made is to extend the exemption ot thelimit from the income tax to a thousaud a year, but the consideration was adjourned till Thursday next. Melbourne, Wednesday. To-day, the Premier, the Hon. Mr Gillies received a despatch from Mr J. G. Thurston, Acting Governor of Fiji, strongly deprecating the French annexation of the New Hebrides, and declaring that the possession of Rapa was no compensation for loss. Adelaide, Wednesday. The early reconstruction of the South Australian Ministry is expected owing to personal reasons. It is expected that Messrs Spence and Hay will probably retire. i
Received April 7th, 7.30 p.m. Melbourne, Wednesday. It is announced that Mr Denham, Postmaster-General of Victoria, has accepted the proposal put forward by Lord Wolverton, British Postmaster-General,Jfor the establishment of a. parcel post between England and the colonies.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT18860408.2.23
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2145, 8 April 1886, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
178THE LATEST. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2145, 8 April 1886, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in