MR. M'CAUGHAN'S POLITICAL PROGRAMME.
[by telegraph, f - Invercargill, May 10. Mr. P. K. M'Caughan, M.H.R. for Riverton, has published a very able and exhaustive address to his constituents, which has created some sensation, and is generally approved of by his friends and supporters. He proved his consistency last session, and advocates the abolition of the education vote, and the • Road Board and County subsidies, the imposition of a beer tax and tea and sugar duties, and pledges his support to any Government adopting these changes in lieu of the property tax, which, he maintains, is ruinous, and which the country cannot afford to pay. He attacks the management of our railways, the number and the salaries of the Civil Service, and disapproves of purchasing any native lands until all Crown lands are settled, meantime shutting up all native lands from sale until required' by Government for bona fide settlement.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1277, 11 May 1880, Page 2
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149MR. M'CAUGHAN'S POLITICAL PROGRAMME. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1277, 11 May 1880, Page 2
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