Mr Moat at Warkworth.

Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 78, 27 March 1886, Page 6

Mr Moat at Warkworth.

Tho member for Rodney addressed his constituents at Warkworth, on Friday, March 12, when there was a good attendance, Mr Nathaniel presiding. Mr Moat began; by stating that-his object was to lay before' hia hearers a concise statement of the proceedings in last session of Parliament, and to explain his own attitude sod action in relation thereto. Be went on to allude to the Counties Amendment i Act. the Hospital and Charitable Aid giu, State, Forests Bill, and Fisheries g^»fM-eiilog_iig Sir Julius uKi°^havlnß P«rß<*ered with the two last named measures. Reiorrinc. +n the ■Jf^n^^^^SßSl^lMoa? detaUed the steps taken ta *mßßdtailrfa It and the grounds or, which he opposed it. ~ JVhile speaking on thia auWeeti Mr Mo#j

remarked that he had always disapproved of Captain Russell's motion to reduce the estimated expenditure by half a million. He thought it was a great mistake, and that Captain Russell and those who voted with him had walked into a trap deliberately laid for them by the Canterbury members. They calculated upon defeating the move to place £150,000 on the Estimates for starting the East and West Coast Railway; but Mr Moat affirmed that there never was any danger of that being approved of, there being a distinct majority opposed to the construction of the line. The result of Captain Russell's resolution was the curtailment of public works expenditure in the North. The speaker declared himself in favour of moderate borrowing, and would do his best to secure a proportion of future loans being spent in road-making, as roads were in some places more valuable than railways. After a lengthy and exhaustive address, Mr Moat was accorded a hearty vote of thanks and confidence, and the meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman.