MR MASKELL AT ASHLEY.

Press, Volume XXIV, Issue 3222, 29 December 1875, Page 2

MR MASKELL AT ASHLEY.

Mr Maskell met the electors of this portion of the district on Monday evening, in the schoolroom. Mr C. S. Houghton presided.

Mr Haskell addressed the meeting «t some length. MU s »* that he was not a supporter of the Perm£ sive Bill, as he despaired of doing muc?£ legislation toinodify the evils of'taK* ancerhis onto hop* was in education ifl corrective. He bad never opposed *>/miJeducation, whioh be held tobTthKS* system which would suit the conntrvdiZ tricts; but he did think that it WiSt fair to subsidise large schools in the wnfaS of population, which were found to JSj efficient instruction qufte equal toTS 2 afforded by the State achoJlaT provS ,th<se establishments were open to It? and under Government inaction. favored, and with Mr Andrew. »i„ voted for, an elected Board of Sn*/ 006 He objected tothe nomiSed p S c Sft any administrative body, and instanSd ♦£ distinct refusal of the chairman nftS w Board of Education to fuSh < 2L£f.J? te of two items of of nominated administration. bLT.T 8 very little of the Eyreton Rail"® »!* W rL d fur , ther uS'esTS added to the railway revenue as a w"le The broad gauge was doomed. The nar£!» was that insisted upon aa the colonial «m2T •He himself greatly preferred the bSS * ga ?^'. ? e opined to any thine whioH entailed Sunday work on official*Ld Z ijected to the Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway being treated exceptional. Perhaps it would be a public convenience if a train were run on each line on Sunday £ it would enable those from outlying distal to attend church in the city. Q18 »»ct» An unanimous vote of thanks was return.** 5 M dl f ° r hiß , ad / reß8 ' on *« *E of Mr D Case, seconded by Mr Thompson ■ A Bimilar compliment to the chair closed* « very attentive and orderly meeting.