The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verte. FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1883. THE INSURANCE QUESTON.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 203, 3 August 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verte. FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1883. THE INSURANCE QUESTON.

'i;*i:ict \vi;l ia|) l (;. linie-'ii, w - w>T<' i ns-iiri'd iijf » re-id-nr -.itieMt vcstrdiu, tint already i\ yivat r:urub s r have lapsed m hs offic alono, m carers iltcir-ing to submit to ih<} exorbitant tariff now m opt ratit n, which is little short o) downright vobb^ry. These mnnopoliea can not sarvive, «nd before long the public wil! be able to ditatn their own torms. r he Companies w ich jromised tomakf connections, but failed to do so, will not be forgottei wh«n th«* Vrv comes.

V — ==^^4We are not surprised tb hear thit m surers all over the. district are declinin .• |to renew th"ir polieie liritii some won moderate scale of tariff prevails than at We commend the action of the public imthusi isegfcing* r to ■ destroy an infarnoas alliance. We may. state that we were m conversation with several p>o piei tj-owners to-day, who have each and all expressed their intentnn not to re 4 new a d,heir policies under the existinv Hoale. Enconraging the Insura^ncf Companies m fifir over-reaching and culpably m the highest d«aree, an.i tin i)«bUc ;> ajip.uldifTesist to' the last the abominable high tariff sought to b imposed nolens volens. We venture to say that the Insurance Companies doing business m Manawatu will be rathe Burp>iße4^o; feCeira -nolfice after notice from <b ir- resident agents- that policies will not bo renewed; or. that .the >. sum insured fbrwill be greatly reduced. The present tariff is simply monsttous, »nd as a matter of- fact "people cannot ifford the extravagant and utterly un.. ÜBtjfiable' demands of the Asuoeinted jlpmipanies. By and bye,- of course, here will be a 'f burst-up," and then iren^iums will fall to op below the •roper and reasonable amount, as haappened before. Meantime, the public rill naturally insure as little as possible, nd hundreds of policies all ovar (ho