Australian Parliaments.
Sydney, June 19. The all-absorbing topic of conversation in political circles is the attitude the Council is likely to adopt in regard to the taxation measures to-night. It is thought that branch of the Legislature will possibly attempt to excise the income tax, leaving the land ta*. The Herald declares it is not too much to say this possible action of the Council is regarded by the country with grave concern and apprehension. The majority of the Council shows itself so bitterly hostile to the policy of the Reid Government, as to forget the ordinary decencies of political life, in its eagerness to destroy that p jlicy before it is placed before them as a whole. If the taxation measures are rejected, it will become a question of Council versus Country. Mr Crick lias introduced a Bill to extend the restriction against Chinese immigration i to (Japanese a.nd. kanakas, '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7309, 19 June 1895, Page 2
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151Australian Parliaments. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7309, 19 June 1895, Page 2
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