POST-SESSIONAL ADDRESS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 5476, 6 February 1885, Page 2

POST-SESSIONAL ADDRESS.

Mr Moss Boforo His Conrtltnj Mv F, J. Moss, M.M.R. iovfgjn dressed the electors at the Para! lost evening. There were about i drcd and twenty persons present.' Mr Si'eioht moved, and Mr seconded, that Captain D. H. jjj take the chair. This having been by acclamation; ■ rS §1 The Chairman, in introducing^ to the audience, accounted torn attendance by the fact that tb« prevailing dulnosa in political njatt Mr Moss, who waa received'^ plauso, said it had been his usual to call his constituents together ai possible after the end of the sestfm; it waH announced that Mr Stflu speak in Duuedin, he deferred doit] they heard what the Premier Uft Mr Stout had given a very fair «© the events of the session, but on"njj moro moment had not spoken j positively or explicitly as he hodho Buckland had also since given "a* and complete account of the ocs eluding much that Mr Stout* y looked, and he might assume tha not necessary for him now to spes about that part of the proceedings, THE BATTLE OF THE LEaDUJ by which the earlier part (if'thj was characterised, was chiefly a fig the leaders of the respective =parj principle of any kind was involve contest, and members were gett weary before it was car. tiii all kinds, righteous and unrightco attempted. Tbe result was compli disorganisation. Office became t the means to enable a Minister to I his views and the views of his pi the one great end for which every should strive. Two powerfuUfaci also at work. The first WS'*i belief, incredible as it miint to his he'arara, that the 801 been saerified to the Not that there must be a prcjo j Southern element in any^etp] The second factor was the depf business and in land which prevail: South, and which the Cantertui bers expected that Sir Julius Yogi in some magical way, dispeUslt 1 they were uware, in the formation THE STOCT-VOQEL MIXISJB] The combination was a curious i Julius Vogel was popular and'£| Conservative well satisfied /with! as it is, and appealing to pecuniary for support, Hie mind was abs schemes for the creation of weal out concern for the higher probie way in which all such schemea ita natural distribution. Mr 8f a Democrat with strong jgij the suffrage, on education, onjan on the incidence of taxation, an|| great questions which pennanßfi the happiness of tho people;;! question whether Mr Stout or|J Vogel would give shape to the;]' The Ministerial and Financial .| settled this point. Every qnffi did not affect Borne iinmedii^ interest was declared to be ;''i and to be for tho present '» The spirit of plunder warl Money was to be spent freely; 'M to be made to local and personal all directions. The resultwasj? were ground this session jto-an*! numberandutanincrcdiblecoßt, Tf biggest was .. ;:^3 jj THE DISTRICT RAILWAYS S To understand this bill they m that a district railway is one n company after the proprietors 0 the district have agreed to tax t! to pay 5 per cent, interest on the necessary, The Government gi> cent. more. In Otago and in p these railways had been conatr certain wealthy landownera uni lands and forming a company. :" ways meandered through the km open up the greatest quantity. 1 who afterwards bought land from pany lost eight of its liability, tol tional taxation, and when the Rail paiiyfconaistinglargelyofthoorigii came down upon them there w outcry. The Waimea Plains ll the first of which. they hoard through a country owned original of the richest men in New 2st somo in Australia. The had company with a million cap had given several Governs peace Toy attempts to make £ the railway. The pressure they b bear had been resisted by tbe Hot past, but this session, under preft lief to tbe small settlers eompelte rates to the Railway Company, tb ment and the House had ili He, with several otherß, had fot in vain, against what was really b tempt to relieve a few rich atid : men of a bad speculation! ing them the cost of the rail* throwing the burden on the" pepp colony. These railways did not Company, and they would still lew Government, which would kill them at much reduced rates, ' 'Ai'i ing poor ratepayers, tho Governmi back all information, and'jppßi measures through tbe House in1:! high-handed way. But it eathe'aa end of the session that' out; Biß| due for unpaid rates io tho W«| way Company, no less thansS owingbytheoriglnalpowerftillwi and only £1,500 by the 600otbertf who bad bought its land. It-rKjl thought, no small hardihood in ap|, ment to propose euoh an«ggi Legislature, still more co whHii ing members of that Goverumefltrlfi the most active promoters ,o{ tll,| company whioh they thus sought Jp It was strongly opcoeed,, btiftm passed the bill. TheXeglaMiH itshonour, throw it out withMW tion, atfdgave a check Jto F^|™ to caU^very,;grosß corruption, H»i other *erm to express a state (mm which the public in_terestCwiSj)|i| subordinated to" private gaiijjOT after tho bill was,thrown ou*jffl| passed a resolution authorieufj? tffl ment to arrange during &Bi*|i| purchase of these lines. 'jTfijgfflj Council might next eessioaS its right to do so, and refuse l|| necessary bills when they ca&e.^ffl He did not think the Councilf||| this course, but that practicaUraii done, subject only to the ysM Parliament as to the price arrft|| between the Government WO*! panics. Ha was bound ".JsM the oppoaition given to thijffli matters by Major itkiiiMßf; the most lukewarm charaow|g much to dissatisfy the Opposffl weaken Major Atkinson, whow»n He seemed quite oontentthatthOT matters, whioh had proved_'Bo^ffl to his Government and its Mi should be put out of the way, H btout-Vogel Ministry Bhoula|» which he would not 60 HmE»J Moss) could only Bay tbat.jnO;* his best to opp?se what he.rWif and still believed.to be proposes ran no sufficient information bad "f^jm to the House, and w,n'*'- S nothing whatever to justify. «|| troon and Hukateramea line w».ffi the district railways theyj^oj^,^ It was a worse case than eveniJ|| Plains, because it opened1 no coiMf); ended in the magnificent *«P j*L argest shareholder, and ,j>»l°'^ poor ratepayers to relieve, •'fe subscribed capital of the ■puntraffl ■ had been £360—dnly enougtttc:!;^ tising andHli'e -expenses <mmm Company. The rest had'bee*^ M credit of large Jan6V;WW|| § district, and"'they"'werM:[|M relieved ;:pf b' \®W J3S§ffl colbriy certainly 'ijrous nqti f°f«| at' least, 'have maae.. THE EAST AND WESlT.COA^l||^l ! were lines about whioh veryM# could say muoh, because, 'wftil railways, they were foroed>|ffl House by the GovernmenfM 1 porters. He(MrMo«s)held!« I of this kind should, O^B I select committee, and , OD!SHI after full inquiry .and '%*xßß All be could tell tbefl » it authorised the formation^ *fsmm raige two and a half m« l^mM gigantic affair, and if to carry it out w« "ffl£t «f] place from two to three, Mj|^^ land at the disposal .^JH^H the schemo paid, tbe QomP»|j|«l (Continued on F°urit %i I Feels Youngi AaAiN--^j||^H affliottd a long time wiw'.PfS^ajißa heavy, inaoUva couditwn {fj£*ifi«Ha| headache, nervous pro»tratf°^alW helpless. No Physicians S*i»jpH!E| any good. Three wontM^agj^^M Uop Bitters, with euoh W*&mi •ecus and fMli/goniw' f*r»«Hi MVfloty years 9li> A*^--;Wsm