POLITICAL NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 147, 27 May 1885, Page 3

POLITICAL NEWS.

The Wellington correspondent of a Christchurch paper states that — '• It \s persistently rumored here that the Government intend to increase the sugar duty on the first day of the session. It is considered certain that the Property Tax will ho raised to Iho same amount as m 1883 4. Sir J. Yogel is said to have li id a pre.it doal of consultation with Mr Sperrey. the Coimnissioner of Property Tax, and to have come to the conclusion that it would b» impossible to raise the same amount of revenue as easily and cheaply any other way."

[ The Martin, paper has a pretty full i nc.Miuit df I tic miming m elliuy oi a j railway coiidn/tor llii-ro on S.lnnlav { nigi.l. It liaii not quite .so niiifl) to 8«v j of a fount r in-i.leiit of (In- xiui.; kind j which tonic f.1.-itv m Biiils not long ayo, I aiiil •-vui.-li was a miioii int.r* startling m 1 1 (r't-ctive (I iuoii3tr.Ui«ii, having been •i.-»ii - [ -o iij the . ttianucr of its carrying • ml. We are glad to ho able ti> say that by souiliiiic s.nupU's of cheese to Melbourne, ■ thb dir i:tors of. the local Dairy Factory Company liavo opened up a n-'w market for their product. ' The first ordt-r is for twenty oases, and the price obtained is eminently satisfactory, showing lliattho buyers must be fully" salisti-d with the quality of the anuiple subwiitt-i*. A comparison of the prices ruling m Sydnoy, aud those obtained for the local cheese, shows that llicj hitter is very favorably received, the price being much hi-her.— Herald, Mr and Mrs W. Turubull and two sons, Mr aud Mrs H. D. Bell, and Mr Joseph Joseph, will leave for fiugland by th» B.H. Arawa. which sails fron; Lytteltou. v " : We understand the successful establishment of a good Dramatic and Musical Society m Palmerston is now assured. The Committee have already 'arranged for the inaugural entertainment whieh;will take place m about five weeks' tiin^.. We belie vo an excellent programme isboiug cast and a very enjoy ablo evening may be looked forward to. A Christy Minstrel performance will open the entertainment and be fol-' lowed by a farce entitk-d " Cool as a ! Cucumber." The proceeds of the entertainment will be aid of the Club and it is hoped a bumper house will greet the first performance of the Palmerston Amateur Dramatic and Musical Society. Mr Hampton's lecture on thu" Human Figure " ivill be ddivered -to-morrow mo:iiii4 iti^iie Vestry room of %11 Saints' CiiiircU. A highly iutfilectnal and at the aainu tim-.- ititi-restm^ deSL-ription of thu art-slic foriuation of thu human body may bo exp. ct.'ij;f»oni the lecturer, who is a gentleman possessing considerable art knowledge and anility. A large atteudauce is ahticipuied. Messrs Richlcr and Mannestad are m vitiug tenders for bush work ami felling. Wu do uot know who was " pumping lightning " at the local o/H«o to-day, but his cal graph; is capable of consi<k-rilde :inpr.,v.-inent. As. a rule the " copy " tif our pn-ss m ssages 1 ay. s no cause for compiniut, but the rcverso was the case to-d.jy. Now that Pahnerstoti has got its £50, 000 loan it is not too much to expect that already thriving township will go ahead wilh " leaps and boundi " which will &Btouigli eveu the most sanguine of its admirers. VVe are han^y m the belief that whatever good befalls " our big neighbour," Feilding is almost a direct participator therein. — Star. Owing to the limited accomodatiou m the goods shed at the railway station at Folding considerable inconvenience is experienced by both exporters and importers; The local paper undersiands (hat ihc ui'-mber for the di&lrict will be invited to draw the attention of the Government to the want and have it remedied. A correspondent m the Manawatu. Herald says that it cost the ratepayer* of the Uta'iu Uoad Board the Sinn of £G2 to expend £7 2s on public works. We understand that Mr Rotherntn will bo succeeded, as dia rict manager, by Mr 11 an key, at present Inspector of Permanent Way on the Foxton-Nevv Plymouth line. Mr Hankey has had conoiderabl ■ i-xpi-riencej as a rail-.vay managt-r. lie had iMiiirgu of the Kufpara line, then of she Nayier line, and subsequently of the New Plymouth gcetiou. — Marlon paper.