Mr Reynold's Meeting.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 74, 9 December 1875, Page 3

Mr Reynold's Meeting.

; The Hon,' WrHrßeyridTds addresseda meeting of his constituents * in A title Drill-Shed, JDunedin >r pa ; ; , Wednesday ; evening. J, i -His Worship- the JMCayor occupied., the chair^ '" axicL there w.e^e; abqu.j;'j.6{) v 0 ] present.- : -■ "/'}■' '4y : ; '".'-' "• '■' '; 44-., - T Mr Reynolds having been briefly introduced- by; the r Chairman, explained thaViri"cbrisequerice oi';ri misunderstanding as to, some statements fniade f.ty '-fiim when = last .addresang-^themV'ihe^-h'ad' written out his speech and intended -to read it, Which. hb7"di;d, J clqselj M& mb-' notoriously, 'throughout;.'''' After refer--ririgttffhe progress made by 'the coun-.. try during th ; 6; : -three -years - of "the' kte Parliament jn 'which; fie- had'held -a Seat on" the ministeiiai beAchesVtK© railway, telegraphy rand postal, extension;: improvements; in -the sy^t^m'of - Savings Banksj «3_teh ! sioii oi: liJ^hthoiise| j \the ' establishment of a ..' "nav^l "training school, and a eulogy upon/the imporancS arid . efficiency of . ? the Marine' department, of which he had had charge, and after referring some l^f the 1 m'ea- 1 ' sureg passed, he proceeded to spjsak iipon the AA"\^yy yyy ; * ; ; ABOLITION BILL. We quote from his address ':*-*-' On this subject"! 'will require to be somewhat explicit, 5 -inasmuch' as I have beeh accuse'a'by a~ portion bf the JPres^ and bjr /several correspondents Of having done something 1 -very 1 awful,, and in direct opposition to some ; sup- : posed pledge whiph *,*I had; given- when I Jasih^dthe honor b^;|addr^ii.^ some twelve months ago. .Now,; I deny hiqst eiripKaticajtiy'* that'll/g-aye j any fuchi pledge^ 'aj.*tlie: sametime,- Tain' bound to admit that, frpm^my remarks when I their met you,' you '^bMdhave: been r justified ;.' in Jcoming.to, jthe conclusion that I .was opposed'to the abolitiqh of any Pf 'the province?; of this Island. ' Ij at once.fraiikly ad- i mit that I Was so opposed^ ' ; sfnd liad'T been asked the direct question -at, the time,. l have not the slightest doubt' but thatiriy ainsweir would nave : been most/ decidedly in the affirmative; I; .do ; not hesitate to say -that Thrive still a hankering after, Provincial Institutions,, arid I frarikly admit /all that.Provincialists claim for them for the past^ arid, that they done much toladvarice the in terests qf .the colony. . But, ; geniiem'en,:th6 citcUmstaisces of the colony : land the provinces . • have materially] altered of late. 1 ' These--' altered circuri^ stances have convinced me, .although with regret, that provincialism could no longer be niaintaiiied.'' It will be remembered .'tliat for ;: the 'last ten or;' twelve years, I have never failed to predict that the Provincial Institutions,: j as they existed, bust pf necessity break down j and having this certaintyalways before me, : I for years did my utmost to secure the establishment ofa province for each Island;. with a Federal Government in Wellington." :My e*hdeavors for years to secure this having failed, I have' had fofced upon nic the necessity^ of agreeing to abolition of the whole. My previous political and, commercial career is,\ t 'think-;' sufficient proof to many of you that T have not been deficient in perseverance, and that it has never been ;;a: fault with me' to stop short in my. endeavors .-to encompass any subject /which ;I have undertaken, so - long as; there x existed the slightest chancer of carrying my object. But, gentlemen, .1 .cannot, conceive a ! worse fault in an honest representative than to s.tick; top' ;db^nati.6aliy' toils preconceived ] opinions after he is < convinced that' they can no. longer be maintained.* A representative wbo does so, is sure to place 'his ;! constituents at a | disiad vantage,' J iriastiiuch 'aV/by 1 iriepect-' iing: the r pbsgible opportunity of inbdifyi' ; i ing the ey^ils he may see ahead,i!heihay. j be siUowin^ )kmmkme'to A^lteiiomQjl'dw, which ; by judicious and « persistent: \ ; watching, mig*ht ?i be p&sfeed-in-^mnch, j ; more satisfactory , form' than it '; pthe%- j wise would bt.. ;Gannpt^ those gentle- 5 j tia eh who profess ? ta ' -be feijch stajinch- | proviriciali-.ts,:and who. hay.e_.nojfc failed. ■ to, find, fault with, my actipri.during\the 4 last session, co¥bfeive t 'lt' > 'pbrai^le\thß.t." ■ afterallj'i have been studying'theirinr ; terests to a muc^r'eate^fextent than ; had (I ~ shut myy eyes to the .fact that ; Provincial .Institutions. ' were" doomed, : and neglected'to^use Vfiat'tinfiuence I ! might* possess i!:6;.p , rieVent ;a ,' measujre : being passed, mucli.Je£s./iavorai)leV:tQ yoar interests thane the .Abolition. Act. I have 'ali'ea'dt'btatedi' gfenulemen, that when /T -feltr ryourT;'#as'-op-posed to , &bd]^|^|g"; {%h)(| 8 ® B **- r<[J: f this Island^ and ;^ thPs& I of Otago and "pantißrbwi7.;]VT|Wh^;;i found, howevei£ 7 that c £ai^ the mehibOTS r^v]riees of , in tfiis Istand/ anjralso^la^e^proportion of those [['^^'f^^^^tejcpiirjr and Otagpjj wefe »■;^^oj^^^p^vpte for total abolitionj-and alsqJtHatjtßi^erwas a very strong 'cfeeling :e^istipgV^T_.qng. ' P"U*;fellow-aolonists in ibqth^ißlands^ra j favor ofa more ''sweeping measure than j iheiiresolutioKDf! the session.iof ;TBf^T , say that wheni I found #a^##^^?t|ie;'aa^£ nstu>; ally^tui. hed? ni^kttehtion ;• IpKtne -effebt' such'k '^e^ej^fflpl^^-^C^P4.yb« } i and .after r^a^^'^nsid^tidn te I 'camej to *the a (^Si^^fi^-Ji^^!^^' to; the inte're|i^^is^S*%^ls4Tl® to fall in with tfae^gflaOTßi;lahc(iiti6n :, o^ IKe'prcivi^gs.''" It :! i8 ff p^rfeDtljr clga^' to* me, jna^^djmnidptMt if aU;| |he rprpjrancea 1 were abolisiie*£^^^ of

JJtaffo.aii^Cante^^ provinces "wp^W"^tM3^ .faring yerf" wdl^p '*s ?%Viia^dß^df the " oenßal^lieglilatufe." -There i W-nO'iisF disguising^the^fact that if all the rest of provinces- 'were 1 * cotfscflidated, theirinterest^wquld toa gi^at extent be r -an- r tagonistic to ; those of; Otago; and Caii-' terbury ; and what through dissensions from' within" arid attacks v from without, we would soon find ourselves receiving but scant "justice "at 1 the'harids of the Legislature. When I' lasf addressed yori T'theri Itatedthat ; the provinces- of the North Island could niot exist as provirices ' withbift ! cqii ; siderable "assistance from the 'Gblbriial- chesty arid ; that the Treasury was not able any longer to stand such drains upon it! It also; became patent to^me' thaf ' Westliand, and Marlborough wpre^iftingintq ?he same position. In some of the prbyirices the Colonial ,Treasury Jaa;s"not only had' to find funds foi* ■ the .fprmatiqn of their roads arid bridges,! .but 1 also' to maintain them when formed, tHe provinces reftis-; ing point-blank l'.jto keep them, in repair.' Funds' have also had to be prpyided 'for : sopae of their ordinary . Provincial, Go- j yernmerit expenditure, and yet in the face of this they, could, afford to be generous to their- friends, , and vote their funds foV purposes other than the press.-. irig necessiidei [ pfthe province, reversing" the. proverb, '*-Be just ;. before you aregenerous." Now, if the provinces are abolished, the surplus of the consolidated revenue, after meeting v permanent/and bther purely Colonial charge^ would be distributed under sPme Uniform system involving. admeasure off- fairness to all parts of the colony, a system which, tinder the hungry . provinces combinations, bas not hitherto' been the' case. My long connection , witli public affairs Enables me to 'judge what effect 1, the abolition of the pfdvihceis 1 ; will have on your interests, and I : cair conscientiously. say.that.it is my .firm., coriyictipn that; in supporting: the Abolition Act ; I was Studying your interests. lam one of yourselves j all J. Vt'am possessed of is invested in the. province, and*; in study-; ing your interests -I. am studying my! own. Dunldih has been mv home for

the last-^5 ypar_vand I look forward to it being the home of my children ,and their descendants j and in the action I have taken during the last and previous sessions my sole object has been to, fulfil my duty to those who have honored and trusted; me for so many years to watch over their political rights and interests. Fault has been found with the Government because, we did not relegate the question of Abolition to the constituencies. Now, we were not at all afraid of doing so, as far as the constituencies Were concerned, but I will tell you what we were afraid of — the Provincial Governments. 1 The; danger was that if ; the' Councils had been allowed to meet again- with the fact staring tfrem'in the face tthat; t they 1 were then riieetirig for the last time, an unpriiiciplepV Executive, and there are some of these in the coloriy, -might have got estimates passed far : in' excess of the probable revenue. Contracts would then have been entered into, and the colony would* in taking oyer the provinces, possibly have found, itself, committed to:, some millions ; of liabilities, which in all probability would have entailed ruin to ; the credit of the colony,. Had -it not been for the well grounded fears, I toy one would h : ave : * preferred deferring the Abolition question until the constituencies had been consulted by means of the geineral elections, 'I put it to :ydu ; whether it was- at all: likely i that the Government and its supporter's/in ithe 'face of a general election; would have taken, what, I admit to have been an extreme course unless they had been convinced that there; was a pressing ' necessity for their doing so, and one Iwh'ich they would in presenting ■themselves before the- electors.. . I have no hesitation in saying' that lam safasIfied that the Government and•.•'•its--sup-porters, were justified in the action they ihave taken With regard to thri provinces. jNow, I .must j-efer shortly to the provisions of the Abolition Act,' and how it wlir affect" the- various -interests of the colony, and, since I left Wellington-; I> ; have been disappointed to. . find , sq^ very ;few people thoroughly conversant with • the ; Act/" ;W^ell? then, ?;it -prpyides-that-afterthe llist-day of the -rieitv session' of i the Assembly, all the provinces shall be abolished. The opresent provinces are to become provincial districts, with- I in which;, ail laws in forge, at the time i of^hp" abbliiip>"' ate ; 1» contitraey-cmtil altered or" repealed by' th(. GSrieVal' AY-" sembly. All property held in trust by the Superintendent will be then held by. Jhs/lSpyernor- for ( the.-like trusts, -and for no other * purpose.* v Educational reserves and property now , held by the Superintendent in trust for education j af(sCtpjJe?v§sJ^d in^nd?held"fpi^.therlikp purposes by the" -Education "''Boardi Should the Services of any. of the provincial officers be dispensed with j they are to retfeiye. supfc snm a^hey may-be entitled to under any agreement with v thepi o vince, and in default of any agreement they.are' to,rece!ye one month's salary for evWy^year'sj-jfrvicfe- All license|feys. are'Vp, belaid il to the rbail tioards%nd municipalities wherein they are raised.. All lines and penalties imposed under • any; sheep Ordinance, or under ' ariy [ bye laws of any road board or munici- i fpality, rire;lo be *paid tq-the^ ?oadopaird | or I miMcibalitm^hb^ j. infringed. •;;. Goldfields: revenue; is, in f the first instance, to be applicable, irij defraying the expenses: of admiriistra-rl tiolil tthe-lgoM^ds^StrtS^balancel

.tqjbecome, local rates, arid ■•-ttlpbe ■; paid • over to loq&l: :gpv:ermnff;;-'bpdies.r^A* | Separate .^acqqun£ ik !s#b|' lrep|Hn each ' Pro"vlfipiai'""diitric? including .pastbi.al-'r'eritS; 4 'Thistrlisnd> revenue is to beappjjed .in terms of tSe- - Compact of 1§5(5. '. AT. /In paymentfbf interest arid sinking furicl nn^llfPro-}* ; yincial .loans r and , liabilities. ;^ , Kpw^l': have heard it argued that hitherto this irit^rest ha's-b'seri'paid- out 6f •the'eapitation grant, ;i and tbatit is.no't^in^terms; of the- Compact of T856; to mal.3 the interest a charge against the *. land revenue. Those who argue so either do so in utter ignorance of the law, or otherwise with a view td .mislead. Our Provincial loans; Were raised in anticipation of bur land revenue, and to be applied for purposes for which the land revenue was applicable—^-namely, publics works, immigration, and;redu? cation. .The interest .is, h> .by ■ law fairly a charge against the land, -?avenue, and the same equally applies ' to mbrieys borrowed;;; by the CdWy for the construction of railways^ and; which .by law, the ; interest .,: was made chargeable against the land' revenue! S. The land revenue is chargeable With' J the cost of surveys and administration^. , which the most rabid Provmcialist: ~« cannot ; object to. ; ,:3:; With ;a_mual j--nibi-idies' of pound for every r p6urid " Raised under a rate not exceeding. Is in - the pound of the annual value. Thus;!' the Dunedm Corporation will be en-, titled, under the Act, to receive. no ; h l a -ss a sum' than L 9352 in additibri 'to] all' license- fees, as also, all the fines- and' :■ penalties imposed under the Corpora*:: tion Bye-laws. Wo such.liberality to this city has ever yet been iriariifested by your Proviricial Council. T would reriiind yoii of the time the province [ raised a loan of half a*" million for Imniigration and . Public Works. I was then ? a member; of .the Provincial Exe-. cutive, and by dint of perseverance and a little bullying of my colleagues, I got a sum ot L 35 ■ 000 out of tbisToan placed upon : the : Estimates for Public Works in the City. Well, when the Estimates under consideration, - the Council, in its, liberality, inserted, the words, "as a loan. to. the .City of .'t)unedin" [ before the L 34,000, arid to bear interest. ] It was passed iri this 1 way,- but I warned i the ■■■ Council, that so, -long .as. l could raise my voice. I, would the City authorities not-to.pay a. single penny of iriterest, nor far less the priricipal j and in 'thiii. respect ! T ' must - give the city authorities credit ' for ; -being sensible inenvfor;they took ;my advice, and igripred the prefix, of the .word loan — thus repudiating the payment of either principal or iriterest. .It was not until the Hon,' Sir J., Yogel . was Provincial Treasurer that this loan, after an animated opposition j by c several members the Provincial-Council, was'wiped off as a rbad debt. . ; The' Act provides that all costs of Gaols, Harbors, Hospitals, Lunatic - Asylums, ..Charitable^ institutions, Museums, Public Libraries arid of IJducation, shall be borne on the consolidated revenue, where sueh 'cosfts are not otherwise provided foi*. Such ai*e the main, provisions of'the Act j and yet we nqysr come to the question continually asked •■--What are we to get in excharige for Provinciariristitutioris?' Mylariswer i% ' —The provisions prffie Abolition Act ;^ all-it- takes away r 'froiri oiir'*Pr6-] yincial legislation—- ourPrpyinci^lCounf 5 ; pils and Executives,. -j- and in. .their;." place It is 'proposed to substitute arii'ple ' powers of Ideal "self government^' local ' : expenditure,' and 'local control J to-be' vested -in ; Municipal Councils, / Shire : Councils, and. Road, Boards. \ In fvam- t ing the Local' Government ' Bill presented toy ; Parliament^last session* it \ must be 'borrie in "riairid that • the "Government had no option out to prepare a merely tentative measiire-^orie wbich would harmonise with the various Road Boards .''Acta' arid ; O'^&naric^ in Tfchp ;djfferbrit JProvirices,; rind'- which could fiber improved -upon 'by legislation • next- session. s 'Had j!l * the iGovernmentrpreparedVamor^t elaborate Bill the chances are that had it£B'ecome law it would have ;thro'Wn:. the) Road ; IBoards' machinery in some of the Pro- i 'vinces out of gear, land -made 4$ quite i We therefore thPught it ; j advisable to study, simplicity: in ?fi*aming I Ithe Bill,and thus secure its adaptability • 'to all parts of the Gqlonjf.r.-Any^honest j : and impartial critic of the Local Gov- j jernment Bill, taken in connection with j I the Abolition Act, must have .come to j :the conclusionfthat-they? were intended | Ito initiate a "complete systeni^of local j J self-go vernmentj »and 1 am-*prepared to ;give the most emphatic^' denial to the ; statements^|^hich. f .ljay|i Jb»pen,sp freely circulated that* wb£ Grpy^rnment ever had pr., have Y npw„ the intention of centralising' me "jadriiinstration of the affairSfOfthe Gploji^4 n^ G^ n JD" ton. I now come to the question of the general elections.^ -:I^ereu^aS||been rib I lack of advice, given as to thWrclass of [ representatives thet con^tiueticies should ; return itO the next Parliai^rit. The [constituencies a&p'dv'isea^^^ to f elect representatives who wi-iffehdeavor to resuscitate PrpvincrarinsUtuUons, as^^ they^atjpresent.existi-^^avef^ tion ym saying such are eiecl»d all their .attelmpts^wi^ sThe^Pr'pvinces.sare^a;bo^s The^Pr'pvinces.sare^a;bo^ anevecj again ibe^resucitate^-v^ rXoiS.!inaytherefore dismiss ? this class of rebresentr^ ,-atives.,fc p.ttiers^aa.vise.t:the?.elecnpn representatives lwno Y will ! |ci^i#|ul^|in^b:l^a^^ Canterbury, Nelson, M.4bpr6ugtix.iijdl v.*'*\ "■*-''"; ■''■"* -S- . '■ r ".* • 4 ***: ; i?^i^'jk f^i^X^" ' ' -"^ "" ■ , i" 1 ?^?^-^^.r " l^'r- *^-" ?i v" -S i .- -S^^" * ;V ' ,- '"' ' '• ' IV'r'-H^"^'sr^-^V."1 V'r'-H^"^'s r^-^V." v &>^''^T; 4 'A^yr'-'\-y -'■ y\s- : r-" -v **■" y •* •"" ■J* * ..^^Ti^v^^k.jtj^-.-. yy- ; ,-.- -. ; ■,-,-■*. -.v ;%

AucMarid^wouTd riev^cbnßftl^^Ktv I snehri^ngpment^^eri^ -agMPt^ill^ .1} an; bthe*jT#p^gii.ip^ wlw,^;bosati^fti^" ; nothing lesa^ than -a"? Pro>mce?iblveac® { i- > Ishnp^ -jpd a . federal ;GbveKrimen#ii ;N6wT this? latteV^i^iHbStM^^W &^^?*^^*^ but t hold it is:^i-:feMiWel> ; J^^^ A pretty certain that st(sh l tf ! me&giii#Bali?# i net be earned in: t%riext tPa&am£ns . * even if 0%o i were > ta return psesentatives" pledgetl' to use^everf r #orfe' tb,.thi^ cad, tt^oicfcthatl fewjrif^iiy> W* n M » toffee oportunity olfoiming a correct bpmibri on Mb • \- myself. For years?* have^ade /the : --4 : subject; of; two; . Provinces a -Hgulai. T -?■ s;t udy, and heyer' failed' ■ 1 reasonable-occasion,?^ t$ $nng- my' viewi / before the elector*- and the. Parliament. 4a4 ,Inthe session-, of aßlp-iT^rptight^f6r->ard iri the" House of Represent- - atives : the 'following 1 - Tespiutionff s : ■— "; 1 1; That-witbavie-mto.s'ecure af more satisfactory system of Government for the colony, it ia desimblethat thefpresent ProviuoMibouadariea be abolished, and that the colony be divided into Jtwo-J-tiwivhices,;. on* coffipnsiiigWeJwkole fiLthe^. ,* North Island, and the other, the MidiEr and-' •-" Stewart lsliEu.df.iii- z>. itai'i-y.^y't'fip'--:., . y-A-U 2 '^** *& •Nation andiadinlniiitration of . >-. ithe OolpnialGovernment'be cbSffiieVltb'tlu. Ju- -- '-■-'■ ■dioial, Postal, and Customs-, deia^meirts, and to the consolidated; debt of thecolonyjand that all*V -other legislative powers be transferred tr the two P ; xovincialLegislature8 k ; "--vt'-i^ --"f-.-v- - : . - ! 3. That all moneys, .frQr_i whatever sourcecol-* lectad, be the revenue, of "the Produce in whicli, it w « subject* howeVeriv^ter Sdtfctiug -the Provincial charges, ■ to> 'specified" }capftation. . - >r charge-for the mftint6nq,-dfie <5f -j-hefpolbiuaKGb-vernment, and also for providing the interest and, Binking funds on the Golbnial.dehlf.;'»;: - . 1 4. 'j_hat the whole of the revenues V the Wo provinces be payaMefo the-; Colonial Treasurer, who, after deducting^the provincial % charges and' the specified. p-jo-dncikl/con-tkbutifins, shall pay oyer the respective balances to the Treasurer of SO each province. * . •.*»'otJ'' =

Afrain^ in the session of 18?'2,ariicom-.' binatibn with" several very itgjti^tiar members bf the <Hou^e,T ! in:tr6duced<ithe^ f^lowingvresqlutiqn ,:— -. ... ,. AA ',- •' . ■'%.

; That, in order ,to provide, for th* -Colonial •*'■-.- Legislature disalirig.ohly iwith subjects of colonial impoi*tanee, and to secure efficient and economi** cal administration of the -'government of the colony, the existing provinces should be abolished . and two provinces constituted,- onef for, the North.': r * Island-and-ono-for-the Southern -Elands, wifch-a-- 7 Central Government jJeaUng<iwith;jmatfcei*s'*_o Jbej' r -■-' agreed" on of purely "colonial concern j ' and^tJuUr A- - tin equitable adjnatmeiatnbf "the annual clwfifi^?-. -A aping out. of the burde^of th^wlop^bo^iija^eS^ M Further, that "a. Billli'o'giye 6fl_ek ! tb"this^^d!S| . 1 tion be introduced duringthe present sesslo^^-ife < Itf&i^e^^^^ the support ofa majbHty^Ahb ( Hb't|Be, ' . but |he mpmenliswp-went intovthe consideration of details, I found "tnat there-^ wa"s^q~chWceof s^curinfi^ariy f Mn^like unanimity 5 iri '■•'bur parly, ' aiid'- v iH»i : '%n6 >\ satisfactory agTeementibuia be arrived"^ it. The same diffiMty^a f s-W^e ' details of any such irieasuTere^ist^tltlie present time even to a*^reat§r ? 4effree. Will any honest politiciari|feeirritortliat there is the sii^esPoliimeVWMWß' factory arrangpmentito thiß:!P*lvincil|:bd entered into with the. concur£encp,ofjthe distinguished yisitbrswhpm^p^ honoured *Vbk&4oefe i " , - I! '3EMSon i£ -Miat I ' their I ' leader, Sir George Grey'";',. Stated -in ', addressing^ Au'cklaiid whilfrb'e wWreTerri^^ibiM remarks which : had "been 'previously made by Sir T Julius^ybgel • as- to the dishonssty of interfering witbthe Compact- bf 1856 - r anC;-laying'<ihSridV ori' the r land revenue*'^l-'^uS^froitfa printed pamphlet which ,W.asr;r^vis f ed by Sir George Grey 'himself, Svhiph purpor.tsto be his sp.eechr c ~delivere.d.ori the . '" 22rid M^ch last.": He'sayfi^: 1 *L 44 1 You were then told that anybody nwho-eaUed:/' in question -the impact - oflandfqind was.a dishoßeWM^fTtnat itZ-wpflabel' a dishonest transaction'to'db^so;' I•tton'igmt' , to myself that I would be one. dishonest marii'^ arid-do that dishoneatrihing?^:Tl.ejfirste<lhiii'g to be done was to see if no one would stand focn^rd and'speak,,if men. were jyyjexpTea* si&hs of tlii-iMrid.falH'n^ _. •S-and.if no iine elae' ' wpuid,^'theia T^Betid to myself ' I would sWid forwardra_M*Bpey.-^K*tVould come forth and see if anybody,,Jwbuld:stod^fe;m^*L A . Such; - geritlemeni«%ere^'tnbuHe^pre|§ed sentiments in Marchjlasfc pf^^Sir^^fge Grey; the reco^ni^ ratioriist paf'l;yi ''*£# would-take^an arise! !r -jj.*.i_ rf *j5-K , ..M Jl:?oi.ri ._f;->TOnvir/6ji>.rr/tfiJru;--' from Heaven tp convince. me jme tnathe has,nowr,changed.Jiis point. ; iThenj; ia gam^lmpSt^;^ [Aucklattd'peopl^lhayey ibeenjytujqred to jhold similar 6piniSns,^arid?fe lendeavour to retinrn^n^^bersx^qf^the Inext Parliamerit pledged tp breafe^tna ' (Compact of 1856,^ and -on • no . otherSj;,will ithpy ajss&4o two provinces. 4 TheseTviews'.nmlMt jonly held in Aucklanp! {largely sympathised in; by tMpe^^^f ithe provincesjof Tajra^ [ Marlborough, NelsbSJ and [Now, let us for ; a;\mpg^trtj(p^ije|y^:; ; j position of . Wj^ington < ; j the 'propbsitfon *6f what will.rwe find}~^*^ | irian and f womari,^iril;^^^ Iherbprt, the Superintendent [pose it to the uttermost.^ 'ISTo^l^putj; A; it tb'.ybu, in the 'face:ofvsuch:^^ ! chance^here is of Qtagp^, and.C^l^i^:;: : . 1 securing^HeT [•into";;twb.';;.-.prPyirices]' :: TH (^v^niraflnlyvM .Were; : .toc^^ ;Were^nit|i*Tiri^ • they-certainly;-members; wjp^U^^ present and -^O^a^fefewc^pft^featliiac^ land revenue rliianiTOipieritara^ltat^a^^ -'■*--•--:- '-^•-"-•^y»'-'^"'^l ; _i_-2_."^^ ment^pf & t propn<s^feeaclr€slantli^fiK^ • } .theiipllo.w^fffTesoTnmniwas.fapasseaja^ ..*"^ , *«*sp^_.^^ i *^SE_s^-lsa^ I^^Eki^wjte^fe^^^m^M^K-&fl ■ A-my-y-AyAAy 44?y ■Ayjytyyy^^^y^^^m