WYNDHAM POLITICAL REFORM ASSOCIATION.
Mataura Ensign, Rōrahi 10, Putanga 693, 9 Hereturikōkā 1887, Page 4
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WYNDHAM POLITICAL REFORM ASSOCIATION.
The following are the! complete ]JU_fKs of the Association as passed at tho infeeling on Thursday, July 28th:—. n (1) Reduction of present Governor's .'successor's salary and expenses t0L5000,(j. i (2) Reduction of Premiers 'salary li, to LIOOO number of Ministers not, to. exceed five, whose salaries shall not be more than LBOO each j vouchers toyDe._prod.U£fti«£Qr Actual expenses. (3) Reduction of number of members of House of Representatives' to 60,yand the honorarium to Llso'; ffee'pass to and from session only, i i (4) The Upper House to be nominative, and to be reduced to number half ,that.pf the Lower/and the honorarium ta'j.f LISO. (5) XJivil Service retrencnmen^by amalgamation of offices and de partnienis, extension of office hour.,, and' sUctr reductions in salaries as may be deemed expedient! ]J Reduction of educa'ion'vo'ei by male* ing higher education self suppc>_t._igj i 'ai_d cessation of State aid after '6th Standard. 1 (7) Income Tar on all incomes oViS. IJ2OO. (8) Present Property T4x to be trpheldj* (9) Voto of 'Frisco Mai l i Setvice iiot't'o"Be renewed after present contraCtl -'i'>^ & ia (10) Defence vote reduc. -'d 80 per cent, (11) The expenditure of tho Colony not to .exceed its 'income, and that- without further taxation. -i-^vA (12) All turther expenditure' 'to'be' re- I sisted except for completion of railways to- a reproductive point. (13) D csntraiisation b^ '.xtending additional powers to local bodies, and discontinuation of hll subsidies to local, bodies! J (1_)- Mortgage Act to, be amended so^t-int mortgagees cannot realise oh prpperty other than security, nor rank with jinseciir§d creditors on realisation of mortgage. (15) Mort. age Relief Bill. State' .q.' appoint a Commission to adjust equitably .'rate of interest between mortgagor and mortgagee. •"'--(16) Railways. Tariff rat- on stock, farin and dairy produce, and manures to ba reduced, Stock -for Show exhibition carried free. Services of present Genpral Manager to be dispensed with; (17) All native lands to be taxed and rated same as land held by Europeans, (18) Rabbit and Sheep Inspectors to be prohibited from engaging in other occupations. (19) Hansard to be abolished.
vidua./ order.d be laid on footp_th id Eccles street. Mr Souness moved, as per notice given at last meeting, that a rate of Is in the & on tha ratable value of property in the Borough be struck for the current year.— Secondet^y Mr Hewitt and carried. "^T The Council, Mr Simson meanwhile having taken his seat then, went into Committee to consider applications for the Town Clerkship and deal with other business. It was reported on rising, that, out of 10 applicant Mr Robert Dewar, of «3ore, had been unauimously appointed Town Clerk, Returning Officer, Valuator and Rate Collector for the Borough. The Coincil then adjourned. j^
