CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Issue II, 7 October 1881, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS

■ ♦ '- • REUTEE'S CABLEGRAMS.

[PBOM OIJB OWN COBBESPONDENT.] London, October 4. Sir Stafford Nortbcote, who was Chan* eel lor of the Exchequer in the Beaconsfield administration, addressed a large meeting as^ Beverley ;jn Yorkshire to» night, in tbe course of his speech he referred at some length to existing agitation on question of amendment of English land law, and spoke; in favour of measures to re-adjust present burdens on land, and further advocated adoption of principle of compensation to tenants for improvements they make to their hold* ings. Stafford Nonhcote made a vigorous speech to«day afe Hull, in the course of which be expressed the opiaion that it was necessary for tbe Government to take rigorous measures to prevent tbe Land League doing anything to nullify the effect of the Irish Land Act. Melbourne. The Treasurers budget statement made on the 22nd, was very brief, and he avoided those comparisons which he Baid.wer9.the delight of rival financiers, anxious to knock some feathers out of each other. Tbe debt of the Colony was 22,600,000-.