WESTLAND SUPERINTENDENCY

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1670, 11 December 1873, Page 2

WESTLAND SUPERINTENDENCY

MR STANTOIf AT HOKITIKA. On Monday evening, ftt IJokitika, Mr Sfcanton held the first of the series of Su-

perintendency meetings, and in a speech extending over at least half-an-hour explained his views on matters in general affecting the Province. In its report, the Register'says":— Mr'TJassius 5 occupied" the chair, with apparent^ enjoyment to,-him-self. Mr Stanton commenced by } saying that he was diflidenfc but determined f -aud would go to the poll, if^ but onTeleWr voted for him. 'He would, if elected, do as others had done before -him— make politics his study. He', would see to the making of tracks, roads,;; "and railways^ and would also adyocateiawboat service to the South. He would promote the coa- ' struction of water-races and • sludger channels, as the means of inducing miners to settle permanently. Hei would foster local industry by offering rewards' -to" mechanics for new manufactures, such as bricks^ bonesj i leather, &c, ! lipbnKthe foreign imports of which he would placet heavy duties^ while upon tlie raw material he would levy h^avy export dues. v"He\ strongly' ad vqMed : emigration;,. Yrjßgu-. lated according to the require- 1 ments of the country. He would have the Hospital on this ; (the s north) side of the river, otherwise on some occasion or other a sick person, might be carried over the bar* , He : would Bend away the. long-sentenced men frojn thegaol to othersbetter suited to them;>andbring the minor criminals to the ? lower gaol, making an Industrial Asylum.of. the present one, and he would keep :; thW Lunatic Asylum where it is. Retrenchment he would advocate, but would still pay good wages to good men, and would always give contracts to the Iq west tenderer — of course, exacting security;"'' 'Mr' Stanton then dilated upon- his-school ex* perieuces, and indicated his educational opinions, which our space; will not permit us to report. He concluded by saying that if he were elected and any subject cropped up .upon which he hadiany; doubts r.. he would call the,, people together andconsult them. A vote of thanks for the exposition of his opinions being carried, the meeting lapsed into that called by Mr : DalrvmDle. . ■ :.: ;