INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 119, 20 May 1879, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

fPKESS AOBNOV.I Wellington, Monday. The taxation scheme of the Government next session is confidently stated to he (lstt jm income tax; (2nd) to extend thepreseut land tax by a graduated system, bo as to reach the large landholders rather than the small ones, who cau be effectually got at bv a judiciously devised income tax. The charge of alleged perjury against Mr -Kinross is down for to-morrow, but the Chronicle says it will probahly fall through Furthersmall insolvencies are reported. ' The Relieving Officer of the benevolent Society is taking proceedings against other -members of the Maxted family for not contributing towards the support of their aged parents. Two of the Bons were a few days ago compelled to contribute. rm. Tuesday. The question of paying members of the Wharf Committee an honorarium will he again debated by the City Council, the legality of the practice being still disputed.

Letters received from Mr Barton, M.H.R., who is now travelling in America, state that his health i 3 much restored, and that he ex pects to be back in New Zealand by the 7th July next. The Times says that some members of the police force lately taken on are a diagrace to the force, and says that one who was supposed to be on duty on Saturday on a principal thoroughfare was quite intoxicated, an<i that on Sunday morning two other members of the force in plain clothes were under the iniluence of liquor, and behaved in a most abusive manner to several passers by in Manners-street. A notice of motion has been given in the City Council that the Corporation keep a list of all contractors who fail to carry out their contract?, as a guide to the Corporation in the acceptance of future tenders. The case against Kinross, of Napier, has been postponed till Tuesday next, it being proposed to make an effort to get through the case in oue day. The Anderson-Easby assault case is adjourned for a fortnight, in consequence of the absence from town of one of the, witnesses. Kihitci. Tuesday. The boundaries of the confiscated land asked for by Rewi commence at VVhangaroa on the west coast in a line to the White Cliffs, and from Whangaroa to the west bank of Waipa, thence to Maungatautari and on to Taupo, iucluding the lands unsold at the back of Taranaki and across to the White Cliffs. All this land to be put through the Court and leased, but prohibited from sale, the Natives to have the management of their own lands, and to make what roads they please. At a meeting held yesterday Mr Sheehan, Manga, and other chiefs were present, and they have arranged with ;Mr Sheeban to commence the survey of the Mokau lands at once. Auckland, Tuesday. The loss of Government property from fire at Mercer i 3 estimated at over £10,000. GRa.HAsiSTO"WN, Tuesday. The exorbitant demands of the land holders for property where the proposed railway will pass through will stop any further work at present. Instructions from the Public Works Department have been received stating that it will not be further proceeded with until the whole of the land necessary has been acquired. . • Napier, Tuesday. Owing to the depressed state of agricultural matters, the Hon Mr Russell called his workmen together and told them j they must accept a reduction of 25 per cent or be would have to reduce the number of his employes. They accepted the reduction. Inspector Scully has received £25 and a complimentary letter from Colonel Whitmore for his conduct at the capture of McLennan. Constable Raymond has also received £5. Christchukck, Tuesday. At a meeting of the unemployed resolutions were read to be forwarded to the Government asking that certain authorised public works might be proceeded with. _„ T Mercer, Tuesday. I he Inspector of Permanent Way has been working all night with a gang of men at the mouth of the railway tunnel, which i 3 nearly cleared. A portion of the railway has been carried away by flood near Whangaroa, completely blocking the line to-day. „_ Wangajjui, Tuesday. W. Cr. Watt, storekeeper at Marlon, has filed a declaration of insolvency. Assets, £7,420 ; liabilities, £19,000. The largest creditors are in Wellington and Wanganui.