LATEST AUSTRALIAN

Waipawa Mail, Volume XVIII, Issue 3228, 16 May 1895, Page 3

LATEST AUSTRALIAN

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* (BY BUBMARINS OABLB.) (Received 10 50 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This day The worK of the Income Tax As sessors is almojt completed and sho .vs the total received from the t x as n ,t likely to exceed £160,000. The Treasurer is disappointed at this result as hlj estimate was £200,000. One interesting fact is that the Civil Servants’ salaries contribute £50,000 of the tax. Under aa agreement made by the Agricultural Detriment the frozen meat Bhipped t London by the Blue Anchor and AcDrdeeu Shipping Companies will he carried at turoe .arthings p >r pound up to Beptouibjr end thence to tne end. of May at so\ en eighths of a penny. For rabbits, poa.tiy, and similar prodaco the charge will be VOs per ton tj September and 72s 6d after that da.e. ADELAIDE Yesterday Sir }M. O’Rorko is strongly of opinion that the treaty between S ach Australia and Zealand will be ratified by tho New Zealand Parliament. SYDNEY, This day Instructions have been given to the Castoma authorities that the dudes lately re-imposed on oils, raw coffee, cocoa, sago, tipioca, and rojk sale should no longer be collected, and anv doty paid is to bo re funded. Toe Cus. «ms officials belijvod themselves hound tj col’eci; the dnties on these articles after the delivery of the Budget. The Government is receiving numbers of petitions against the abolition of the duties on native products and industries.

. The road between Dr Todd’s and the Waipawa Brewery is in a disgraceful state, and should at onoe receive the attention of the authorities. It is nothing but slush aud mud, which with ordinary care could, we think, be obviated by a few loads of metal. A special meeting of the Kaikora North Town Board was held yesterday at 1.30 p m., at the Board’s Offioe, to open and consider tenders for the position of surfaceman for the year, together with clearing out the creek abutting the Te Ante road, near Mr E. Watts’ gate. Mr W. Crayford’s application and tender being the lowest was accepted. His duties commence at once. The chairman, Mr Ohaß. Clarke, was requested to interview Mr E. Watts, asking him to remove, or permit the Board to do so, the obstruction, viz., large willow tree, in the bend of the creek, that causes the overflow on the county road.