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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 224, 21 September 1868, Page 2

t- r ■ , fl ■ • ? . ■ ■ - At the Randwick spring meeting at Sydney, the Trial Stakes were wou by the Rip, Regalia 2, Grey Momus, 3. Derby St. Leger — Glencoe 1, Orlando 2. Renewal of the Australian Derby Stakes — The Duke 1, Ragpicker 2, the Earl 3. Innkeepers' Stakes — Avalanche 1, Blondin> 2, Sailor Boy 3. Epsom handicap-— . Phoabe 1, Princess 2, Prioress 3. A statement, illustrative of the exaggerated notions entertained of their own importance by certain Provincial Councils, and made by Mr Muir, a member of tha Otago Provincial Council, at a public meeting at Tokomairiro, was quoted by Mr Macandrew, duriug the late debate on the policy of the Government :— -We have -already too much government. What we want ia the reduction of our present system to its proper level ; we have too much circumlocution, and red-tapeism, *nd a good many of our present difficulties are to be traced to the ruinously extravagant ideas of all classes. We are too fond of calling them by highflown names ; we would like our clachans to be called towns, and our towns cities, and the meanest clayhouse must be designated as the residence of Mr So-and-So. This same spirit extends to the Government, who ape Imperial manners ; take for example, Mr Speaker of Provincial Council; he must forsooth have his attendant in the «hapa of an usher of the white rod. who daily heralds the entrance of his highness to the House, and he, dressed in gown'and bands, (talks to his chair with all the dignity of aa occupant of the woolsack. Now thi« may be all very grand, but it seems sadly out of place, and is apt to give member, an exaggerated idea of their importance, and they draw long faces and try. to look in keeping with the gravity of the Speaker who, with a sort of questioning look, seems to ask tbe House if they think he looks anything like the Speaker of the House of Commons; and to keep up this dignity iJ2OO a year, out of which he gives members an annual dinner, treats them occasionally to the theatre, and upon the whole is eonsT dered a very decent fellow At th* e£s>e;fite o4 jft» woowy.