MR. M GLASHAN AT CAVERSHAM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 1123, 26 July 1865, Page 5

MR. M GLASHAN AT CAVERSHAM.

Last night Mr E. M'Glashan addressed a meeting of the electors of the Javersham District in the School-house. Mr R. 11. Learx was called to the chair, and there were about sixty persons present.

Mr M'Gi.a.shan, in the course of his address, touched upon all the topics upon which he gave his opinion at the meeting in the North-east Valley on Monday night, and which were reported in yesterday's issue. He recapitulated his opinion upon the insufficiency of the present land regulations to attain the object for which they were initiated, namely, the settlement of the people on the lands of the Province ; his desire to see a constant stream of immigration of agricultural laborers sufficient to meet the requirements of the farming population; the abolition of the education rate, and the amount required for education in the several districts, paid out of the general revenue; and his approval of the establishment of a system of railways throughout the entire Province, by conceding the land for a line of r^hvav for a given number of years r> a. love.ga company, or of giving a guarantee of 6 or 8 per cent, interest on the invested capital. He was in favor of the establishment of all kinds of manufactories, such as the leather manufactory in the vicinity of Caversham, and of distilleries throughout the country, in order to encourage the growth of barley. He would also be in favor of imposing protective duties on articles which could be produced in this country, for the purpose of encouraging native manufacture.

In answer to questions, Mr M'Gj.asiian said he did not approve of the prtsunt system of toll-bars, and he did not think there should be any within six miles of Dunedin. The roads should be supported out of the general revenue, but he would be prepared to support a system of supporting the roads by means of levying a tax upon all wheeled carriages and horses. He would not close the ports against importation of cattle, and he did not think it necessary to impose protective duties upon the importation of cattle. On the subject of retrenchment, he would endeavour to do away with useless officer, but would not reduce the salaries so low that men could scarcely live oh. them. Many departments could be clone away with or amalgamated with others, and he was in favor of the abolition of the department of the Commissioner on Koada and their Deviations. As to Sepation, he should prefer to see the two Islands continue united; but if the present large expenditure was t go on in the North Island, and our revenue was to be taken to keep up that expenditure, he thought the sooner we got rid of the North Island the better. He hoped that our representatives in the General Assembly would impress upon the Assembly the necessity for the expenses of the war being* paid out of the sale of the lands confiscated from the Maoris. He was prepared to support the sale of land at Ll per acre, without any restrictions; but he would take care that something should be done so that the lands could not pass into the hands of speculators. A man who purchased a few thousand acres was not a speculator if he improved it; but he thought that same tax might be imposed upon unimproved land. He was in favor of establishing a patent slip!*.l: Port Chalmers, and of making the intere ;t on the loans a first charge upon the general revenue. The runs should be put up to public competition, in the same manner as a man would lease his land to the highest bidder; and he would be happy *o take action to support a petition to the General Assembly against the land regulations recently passed by the Provincial Council becoming law. The lands in the Province should be sold, and the debentures now on the home market bought up, in order to prevent any further serious losses by forcing them upon the market. He did not approve of Provincial Governments, They had done much g«od and had served their day, but they had too much legislative power, and he should prefer to see a strong central Government established in the Middle Island, rather than the present system of having [so many small separate kingdoms with expensive systems of government. Mr VV. J. Fegbu moved that Mr M'Glashan was a fit and proper person to fill the office of Superintendent of the Province.

Mr Hawkins seconded the motion, which was carried. v

The usual vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings.

The Army and Navy Gazette, speaking of the savings of our soldiers, says that during the Crimean war no less than L 71,000 was sent home by the men to their families. In 1859 the invalided men's savings in India; reached L 20,278 ; and in one year L 22,000 was sent by soldiers at Aldershott to their relatives in various part 3of England, Ireland, and Scotland:

RED PINF,