THE HON. G. F. RICHARDSON AT WYNDHAM. (BY TELEGRAPH.) Wyndham, November 20.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 7783, 22 November 1890, Page 1

THE HON. G. F. RICHARDSON AT WYNDHAM. (BY TELEGRAPH.) Wyndham, November 20.

Tho Hon. (J. F. Riohardion addressed a mooting hero to-night. About 200 persons wero present. Aftor roforriDg to hia long connection with tho district ho proeeedod to speak of his Land Administration. Ho defended tho Government against tho attacks mado, saying that thoy wero brought by tho supportora of the proviou» Governmont, who drew on their imagination, and when tho facts wont ngainit thorn thoy merely said so much tho worao for tho foots, Ho quoted statistics to show that not no much land bad been sold for cash as by tho former Government ; that aottletncnt had beon progrening steadily ; that tho returns of cultivated areas ato in satisfactory proportion to the number of tottlom ; and that tbo uumbor of largo holders was douroau ing, while small holdera were increasing. Aa to finance ho aaid the debit in the laud fund was L45.0Q0, not taking into consider ation in calculating tho surplus of L#(i,oflo, beoauso it had been greatly atfootod by this yoar'a operations and would probably disappear by tho end of the year, The Government had oommenuod the year with over a million o! loan money in hand,

but tho expenditure during tho Mm 6 months (?) had boon undor L 150.000, so that the promiso to taper off was being carried out. Referring to the Railway Coromiasionora ho taid they descrvod tho best thanks of tho whole colony for tho firm action taken in regard to the strike, as it prevented a groat trooble becoming greater, and thoir own employees losing thoir posi* tionn, Ho pointed out that recently great concessions had been mado in tho ratoa and freights, and eaid moro would bo mado from timo to timo as circumstances warranted. Aftor answering a number of questions ho wag accorded a voto of thanks and oonfi* donco.