The Poverty Bay Herald AND East Coast News Letter. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. SATURDAY, OCTOVER 16, 1880.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1149, 16 October 1880, Page 2

The Poverty Bay Herald AND East Coast News Letter. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. SATURDAY, OCT OVER 16 , 1880.

It appears that Ministers d< not propose to stop at the retrench ments; they, .have already made, bui intend;using the.Civil Service pruning knife. Five. Customhouses have stil further been abolished ; some twenty Telegraph stations and as many Pos< Offices. But froui what Ministers have done, and from what we heai they propose, is- to abolish all but five or six Custom Houses in' both Islands making the ■:proprietors of bonded wharehovrises' do to a cei'tain extent what;is:nd.w being done by-•. officers oj the-:Cußtoihsl The scheme is said,tc be qiuit&' Jfeasible: aridj will save to the couffitvy? .'iiiariy,. thqu'sands" pf pounds annually.'. •.., Already' playing cards,. a dutiable article can only be imported into- Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin; and Chrisftchurch;. \ Nf xt it is thought will follow tobacco, spirits, wines, and fermented liquors. If r this is to be the case^merchants and traders in the smaller "tbwnl| will' be greatly inconveriieticed^p if not' put ,to actual losSj and""tlie7 ii':sn:ould'i6se:'' I'no: ' time in bestirring themselves; to ascertain whether"; isiich: -is the: intention of Ministersj^nd .to protest against the charge.. .•Retrenchment, like extravagance : may be carried; too far. The closing of so many-Custom JE£ouses will, luidoubtedly lead to;much smuggling and .evasions of the, revenue.