INVERCARGILL. 3rd January.
This ovomng Mr. A. Kinross, a candidate for Mataura in too Grey interest, addressed a meeting of the elect6rs at Invercargill. Heexpressed himself most decisively in the Grey interest on all party questions. He approved deferred payments lbr ( land, and claimed credit for it He would support a red uctitfn of price on deferred payments for land and extension of time, so that at the end of three* years dummies could not hand over their bold! ags to capitalists. He advocated manhood su ffrage, with one year's colonial and short local remdence. Ballot papers should not be numbered. He believod Id elective Councils, but the power to elect should bs vested in proper persoas. Capitalists now agreed with the principles of the land tax, and thought there should subsequently be an income tax. He would support tbe Ministry tyn adopting measures to restrict. Chinese immigration. There was a unanimous vote of confidence.
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Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 311, 4 January 1879, Page 2
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155INVERCARGILL. 3rd January. Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 311, 4 January 1879, Page 2
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