MR FERGUS AT ABBOWTOWN

Evening Star, Issue 7290, 15 August 1887, Page 2

MR FERGUS AT ABBOWTOWN

■ ■ "■— fSfKCIAt Id tfflfl StAß.] Mt, Fergus addressed a meeting at ArrowtoWn on Saturday Joighi, Mayor Heller, presiding. The attendance was large, the hall being crowded. Mr Fergas was very favorably received. He blamed the Govefntfcent for intensifying the depresbion. Sir J. Vogel was a man of great ability, but he was too overreaching. Instead of the Colony progressing by "leaps and bounds "it had sunk to deeper depths, till now the burden of taxation was too grievous to be borne. Notwithstanding what had been done to open up the country by extending; the- railf, ways, otc, the gross revenue had t seriously decreased; indeed, the most searching and rigid economy was necessary in our present oircumstanccs. This would have to be effected by the .amalgamation of. departments, the abolition of useless offices and of suqh as were beyond the-Colony's means just how. He advocated the, reduction (temporarily) of the honorarium by UO'for ah<J LlOOfor' flvemb.ers' of 'the': Legislative Coupoil,' Hind economy in.the railway' management. He thought that U|Q,OQO altogether could thus pe saved. Yery few questions were asked, and a -vote of thanks and renewed confidence was proposed by Mr Robert Frjtchard, seconded, by Mr John Elliott,- »nd carried ftmlds * ? enera * applause. . - m^^mmmmmmmm mm

Superintendent Thomson, on -AuokWk-to take oharge of-the W elhng. "ton police" district, was presented with a nurse of sovereigns, and in making, the; presentation(says ,the 'Dally. Timers' correspondent) Mr J. 0 ; Firth .spoke in commendatory: terniß of,that, officer's oon- ; duct in dealing with an clement Which .was iecbhiingTa source of -danger In all the Aus- • tralasian cities—the larrikin,, Element.' Some,of, the did their d,uty, but' risers lad not the courage to do so, and TSttouldgo offthe-Benchif they riot preJttgre,d^tl'deal,tith;/'>hV^Vr f vSr «W'gnf*° t^rtiitheMalrMnr " *