POLITICAL NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3153, 8 September 1892, Page 2

POLITICAL NOTES.

(BY TELKGItAPH —srKCIA I- COUUKSI'ONDKNT). Wi'iuNiifiN, Last Night. ORDER OK MJ.srXKSS.

In consequence 'if the I'l -'miiT s uncertain health, several memU rs ;«re talking of ucttint? up a requisition to Minimi ;ifUini; tliem ii'-t to proceed with any nth r Hills thi.s Session except th'»se th it ;u*-* a'l-oluti-ly necessary. It is cotiM'l ii**l (put: likely that neither of the Civil S«» vicn Bills will he proceeded with, although I am assured by Mr Seddon ;in cfl'oi t will be madti t'> nc* b ( th Billd through the House, and the ActinyL'remier says ho expects to si* t t!io (io\vrnment Railways Bill thtouiih the. Lower House, but he appears to haw, lit'ln h'pe that it will pass in the Council. Refefrmg to the universal opposition tlv»t is shown to tho Hill, Mr Seddoii says that when he moves the second reading of it he will be able to dispel much of the distrust that in entertained towards the measure, Il> knows that hia wishes to assume control of the railway.", is objected to but «*ys th.it Parliament should have some control of this £700,000 at present expended on the R til way "Department of the colony without either Ministerial or Parliamentary supervision. THE NEW TAXATION.

A petition has been presented by Mr Lake, member for Waikato, from the chairman of the Waikato County Council, on behalf of tho Council. Tho petition sets forth that under the provision-; of the Land and Income Tax*, si:2h of them are merely nominal owners of land, subject to mortgage, are t.'xed not only upon their interest in such land, but a'so upon the moneylender*;' interest therein, which is frequently twice a* <?reat theirs, whereby they (the petit oners) are taxed not only opon tho property they possess, but also upon property they do not posse a s—nain«ly, their and thus they are in tfon.e cases subjected to such an intolerable burden of taxation as practically amounts to the confiscation or their property.