OUR PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

Press, Volume XIX, Issue 2813, 8 May 1872, Page 3

OUR PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

TO THE EDITOB OF THE PRESS. Sib,—l see a great many letters in your paper relative to the oonduct of the Provincial Council, and mention has been made of the "miserable eixteen." Well, Sir, I cannot make out the precise sixteen, but I do see a few districtß that I think are not represented according to the wishes} of the constituents, and think that if one district needs to complain more than another, it is the Heathcote district. I don't think one of its members are representing the wishes of a majority of the electors in that district. I think Lyttelton Btands next. I think that the Lytteltorrians are wide-a-awake ouough to see that the views of their representatives as regards harbor works are not such, as would lead to the creation of wharves arid jetties, that would be most useful for the railway traffic in general, and for the convenience of Lyttelton in particnlar. The wage-paid electors of the Maudeville district I dare say will change one of their representatives as soon as an opportunity occursHut, Sir, I know but little abont that district beyond seeing in a published letter that the member for Mandeville pays his storeman fire shillings aday,andworks him till twelve o'clock at night in busy times, and the same member used this as an argument to prove that the wages of the men upon the railway should be reduced. At least this is the construction I put upon it; and if I am wrong I.ehould be glad to be put right. But, sir, the districts that I am best acquainted with are those of Lyttclton, Heathcote, and Akaroa. My business confines mc to these three, so that I onnnot say much about the othere from personal observation. But I must say that Akaroa has a good deal to complaiu of, and has been the most neglected of any in the Province. I say so. because until lately we have had comparatively speaking nothing done for us, until the present Superintendent came to our rescue, and supported our just claims. And the fault we have to find with our present representative is that he has allowed himself

to become a member of ft.Gosrernment- that in our opinion .is. persecuiing a just and honorable Superintendent. We are furthor of opinion that the Government are making a catsp.T.v of Mr Mnrshman to strike at our Superintendent, which is a very wrong thing. It is our opinion that the Government are trying to gull the employers of labor into the belief that their object is to bring down ' the price of labor. Yours, ice, A Voice fkom Akaboa. P.S.—I hare stated above that Akaroa ie the most neglected district, which I believe to be thoroughly true, but allow mc to saj that the whole of the Peninsula haa never had its just dues.