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(By Telegraph.)
WELLINGTON, June 12,
Tho Premier is busily engaged on tbc Financial Statement, It is unlikely that any reduction of taxation will be proposed, as some £120,000 more will be thrown on to the consolidated fund than before, in the shape of buildings and other services hitherto paid for out of loan. The Public Works Statement will bo much tho same length as usual. The Minister will have to go ov;r the regular ground this year at all events, though each Minister on whom sections of the former Public Works Department have devolved will take charge of his own estimates. Only £IOO,OOO was spent out of the loan of last year, exclusive of the cost of raising it, and with care the Ministry think it might be made to last for five years. The Government have received a request from the mayor of Auckland ta send a telegram of sympathy to the United States, but they have not decided whether it is necessary.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 5031, 12 June 1889, Page 3
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166Political Items. South Canterbury Times, Issue 5031, 12 June 1889, Page 3
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