THE PREMIER ON WELLINGTON.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10763, 17 September 1900, Page 6

THE PREMIER ON WELLINGTON.

UNCOMPLIMENTARY REMARKS

m (SPBCIAL TO "THE PBESS.") on. LLIXQ TON, September 15. lne Premier made some very uncomplimentary re raark ., about Wellington and ito pwpl* to-day in tbe course of an interview between Ministers and the Wellington Colkge Governor*, Mr Seddon .aid, in effect: WWingt on is the worst laid-out city you Will find south of the Equator. There "has ««» no foresight shown either. Even dunng later years there have been large area.ot land at Newtown cut up for building purposes, an< l liave the authorities done in the way of reserves? * Nothing. Keeerves,ought to be made, before building? go up, but they let persons building, knowing that ,t> inevitable that reserve must bo secured some day. Nothing » done to meet the necessities of the case It eeems to mc that from the very first WelJiDgton, as compared- with other places has «*m most unfortunate, whoever han been Wepomibk. Then there is another thing. lalhid* to the wealthy people of the city. -There is not the slightest phifosophv or ( ptuhuitbropy on their part. Go to Auckland, and uec- the endowments there or B * B nU * de b - v peopl- Thou*u*ada upon tbouwwda of "pounds have been bequeath*** there. Wellington has people just as wwvithy, but, beyond a thousand pound* given by "the late Mr Levin for tho public library, there *hw been nothing done by Wellington people for themselves. Ido not think there is any part <>f the world where you will hnd so many wealthy people, and so little done in the way «f benefaction by the people, either those who are here or" those who have gone. What Uie Wellington people want h to have everything done for them; it is an everlasting *cry to the Government to give this and "give" that. Thereis no such thing as doing things for themeelves." a