MR OLIVER'S MEETING,

Otago Daily Times, Issue 5468, 28 August 1879, Page 3

MR OLIVER'S MEETING,

ilrK, Oliver,'one of the candidates forth* representation of Dtlnedin in the House of Asiembly, addressed a large meeting of'eleo-" tors to the Gardson Hall last evening. ; ;'-*c.! Mr K. EA&3AT, who wia voted to th«i chair, thought, ie \>as espreßdog a, very general. opinion of the moat of thow whGVoted for Mr Cutter previously'whtn he said" the candidate bad acted' in * manner which had givtajatl«faction t&tbacitizens of I>uaedto.rt-(Applau3e.) Ho had BO'donbt Mr-Olmr^would explain htt motion dming the past-two Befciion»'thor6ughly. Without any fnrtbw remark, he would ea'l upon tlie candidate to give' ni« opinion; on the politics! qumtions of the day. i -. v. Mr OuVESi snid he had to appeal to the kind) consideration of tho undionce, f;r he had been Buffering for Borne time past from a> tore.throat. H« app«ftifed before tliem (hat eiren.ing \o a»k,a r«Dt>w»l ifl the confldenos which had * bten -placed in'him tw6 years ago. When he appawed before -them then ho laid I before them W candidly as he could his opiaioru on • the-• political 'subjects, agitating th« minds of thft people... Hft k*pt nothing -'■'■' 'back Ironi them, bnt made a clean 'Weist of it', because ho felt that he would raiher not be their representative than $aia the poßttibn b? aoy conotalment arms opinions •whatever. ISo bad" told theni. that he w«s a "Liberal," and iv thopedajs.that word seemsd different to what it did at present, forhe -wa^-really almost ashamed now *»usothe;teim. If the t«rm" Liberal" waj to be interpreted by the eemluct and professions «f Six George Grey, he could only say that he - liad been daring the whole course ot his life ' 'under » great delusion.-—(Applause,) Ha calk'd Wmstlf a Liberal because t he wax of opinion that the people should rule thetaselren, ■■ -and be afforded the.opportuaity.of doing it— Sew .hear),-r-becan«o he believed that the she»t position* in.the State should ba opened by meats of education t* -the young from the humbler.walka of VU. He" tlwoghthe was a Liberal, becaisa he thctigbV there should ba Übertyof combienoe aa well as liberty^ofcommerce, and that taxes should be collected at , the peOpleV will, and s;ient according to their, wfll, and that- wok "ch9 :of the cotmnumty should bs taxed according to his capacity to •'bMr'tnUlob^tbat was, in proportWn to the protection he flDJojred from the State Id ths .•■• ;■■/ |»olße3sioii at property. Thess prlnoiples were : what he sappoiieil in these.days to be olia- ' ; . - «wteri»tio of a Liberal in politics &jtd be was Borry tn sco that the fine proiniios had been sadly blighted. Two years ago, t?h«n the ,-,, . ,-AtWJMoiv' Ministry, was placed in a minority, r ' b*(Mr OliTcSrTbauaddressed his coostltuontv jkndhad:App>*l6dtota«m to (five tbjeir Voicpo ... i.«* .^ f|lTmu . o f Sir George Grfybavßgit.f»ir ■ ;Ish*noeof sliowinjr.^flai'he^eptild do. The .., :..- w^«Lti»Ul«am«JK*i*-^ ton »nd he had no donbtthe eim«stiont to allowed to csrry on the government of the

country.toshow.what he could.do. Mr Oliver thtn read from his speech delivered.* year ago to show that he had promised to give » general support to the measuresof the Grey Ministry, j because theycommendedthemselvestohisunder. i standing and sympathy, but that he -would not promise to give an unhesitating support to tnisj or to any other Ministry, because auch a j>ro-j miss Would have been unworthy of him andunworthy of the great constituency he repre-! senteof. This promise which he had made thai Btood before them to say he had fulfilled;— (AppUuie.) I He had supported the policy! which was than placed before them, by his vote, and by his voice, on every oocaaien when tha policy bid been submitted to vote, j When; he went to the House they had reaion to ex-; peot from the Ministry, two or three leading measures—one being; a bill^for the redistrlbutios of seats, another an Electoral Bill, and the third a bill to alter the incidence of taxation by; imposing taxes upon property. When he was elected several representatives were also, rer turned for various dUirictSjpreiSaredtoaup, port these meaßntes; but, although Sir, George Grey was at the head of a. good majority, now of these measures were carried into effect, and this he considered proved that Sir George Grey had failed in his duty.—(Applausa.) When he appealed to them for their suffrages, he would have been more thoroughgoing in his promise to support Sir George .Grey had it not been that he had mUigivings of ,hun. and ,of ,tht condnot which might possibly pome Kpn) him. This want of entire confidence had been caused by Sir George Grey's unconstitutional conduct in endeavouring to suppress the Land ! Bill which, had been passed by Parliament, and in advising tho Governor to refuse his »«a«nt to it when compelled to produce it. The Land Bill, however, became law notwithstanding this opposition, and was a bill which, ought tp have commended itself to any Prime Minister who is a Lib:ral at heart; but, because it did not comply with certain dislikes which Sir George Grey held towards Canterbury land-, owners, he in a pique opposed it in themannerdescribid, and had recently said in talking of it that he ought to have tors it up and thrown it under ths table. Could any man legitimatelycall himself a Liberal and appeal to'psople to give him power when he refused to allow hia conduct to be governed, by the will of the people as expressed by the'votea of "their representatives ? While, all condemned Sir George Gray's action in this matter, and were greatly shocked by it, yet because theyrwere looking to Sir George Grey to become the raviour of the country from corruption of all kinds and from class legislation,, they condoned it.,,. The Ministry had not introduced any bill to deal with the redistribution of seats, though pressed by their supporters to do bo. As the stsiifm went on, those of the members who were not bound hand and foot-as-personal followera!of -Sir; George Grey, found■ tfiftt,,'he andjhii;;cpl. ' leagues were far more desirous of. hoodwinking tha colonists and of: representing only one aide of things than of; giving pfopsr expression to '..thfli'viemsjiof the conntry. It waa diacoyeisdthat a bargain;had be3n7.ma,de,with", "certain paperawhich'were thcrough-'gaing support jirs of Gsorge/Grey, tliat^ey, shbiu'd; ,hsv& the use of'a special wire on such terms as would jb«, very unfair to other papeiß, and greatly^ to their own- advantage.;, When certain inquiries were.'made in. tha flonse, and the'papers re lating to the. bargaißS .were, laid on the table,. it was found_that Dr Lemon, the, permanent head of tha, department, had, condemned, the bargain ( Bnd:had'B<iid that tbecountry ; wonld lose »large sum by it; but yet the Government ; entsred iatb.it.;' Slr.George Grey, madei'-a' ldßg,: speech in defence of the action of the Government; but one of his coUtagnts, in wh^oae ■ honesty he (tha speaker) had never tceasid to bolieve, told him that ho personally, kriewnothing about it, and that he had not aano-: tioiied it."Sir 'Gewga h Crrey Baid J,that the .Ministry,.of. which' rie was "the; h«adj"h«d!pro-i' vided that no monopoly nhoflld exist, in furnjah; ing;news, so that.bothaidesslioiildbe'rspresented, and that what : hiid been doae .was. done with the conenrrenca of .his, colleagues.; i Ini the conrsa of a very beautiful speech, in which Sir George Grey referred to Milton's apr>talifor .-the libirty of printing, ha, endeavouredjo show that this Bargii&i, which hei(Mr Oliver) believed be a corrupt one,- had been made in'ltd in-tereßtat'!6f'<Ke'pißoplß.-HtfJ(tHe speaker) veh~ . tuted .to, say that when, Sir Georgs Grey: tat .flown riot a niember^believed1 what"h& had then saidror soarcely a word of it'—(Aiytobir: Oh 1) With"the exception ■of the liand -Tax (Act -audsoiae measures..of, legal raformwhich they owed ; to the Att-prney-General, Mr StoutJ he did not think there was much to boast'pf in the work of that session.- The Electoral Bill passed its' second reading as: introduced, with only <two fotes being recorded against it, but in.Commit tes'an alteration w»s made giving tha Maoris * dnftl.TOte. .He had voted for tha bill, which he !believed' to" bo : extremely: liberal, bnt had opposed tha-nmendmeht, which ho balkvedl waa -'carried' principally by the influence ipf |Mr Sheehan, who had gone roand;to the niem^ ben,:: and asked 'as - »'■ :pj5(Bon»l': favour that'". -the amendment not! be rejected,, because,! they'were' carrying on jvery delicate and; important.negotiations with tha.,, Maoris, and it was mpst important that their bandashonld not be weakened. The bill waa rejected by the'Legffl»tivß"Coniiqil,'"Whioh ould not;accept the proposal to give a;dual vote to the Maorij; ftnd much to his indignation and disgust, bicausa the bSUVas altered back to tho same form which it had when introduced by the Ministry with mob...a flourish of'trumpets, it was allowed to go; and: with it went the last'remnant pf bis belief in the Government.— (Applausi.) 'Tms waa not tha first time Sir George Grey h&d played the role of Liberal, and then reverted- to a system of tyrauny. —(Applause.).. Tsars, ago Sir Georga Grey,aß he told them on almost every occasion, waa instrumental'ln obtaining from the Home. Government a Constitution for this-,Colony. At that time the Colony was growing rapidly in numbers, and naturally enough.they wasted' a Constitutional form, of 1 government, and to: have some «ay in. their own government. TheConßtitution was then J invented, and Sir George Gray claimed to be the author of -the best part of- it., But when Sir George Grey got the .Constitution, did., he put it'ln action? .Not he.. He put it by for five yeara, and it waa left to his successor to btiiig it into action. - The changes in the Customs tariff had not, ha thought, benefited the working clauses, but simply the brewers and the equatters, who took sugar and.tea ont of bond in large quantities. The tax on timber had proved detrimental to the-interests'of the Colony, and ho thought that before meddling with taxation Mr Ballaiice'should' have considered ■ what he , waa about. Wo were now approaching, almost the end of our, tether aa borrowers, revenue was indispensable, and all tampering' with the taxation of,the country should bo dis-. continued, and all interference . with such an important induatry as'the timoer-6utting--in-rdtistry very-carelully-gone about. He had voted- for the . Land ■ Taxrßill,'although he believed in- some particularait was a bad Act. The Act was not quite perfect in itself. Certain' 'processes were, necessary before it could be collected; .-.Theaa were left in the bands of the - Government,- and he vuntured "to aayu that nothing: had ever been so jumbled jn.;tbi9j world as the bringing of this Act into pperation. As BOBn-a«-thesesßion wa»-over Sir Gecrge Grey ragain ■>" utumpad ".the country,; and about this same time made certain appointments, fall iii the same direction of his,special wird bnsi"niis. ""He" appointed "Mr- Lnckie,- -who had )een'r»'"suptfort'er-^-'a vwriterl in!'one ;of,the japsra supporting the Government, aud he also . appointed Mr G. M. Eeod. Both these gentlemen "were very good, niati—-he had nothing to ■ay, against their1 capacity or their, fitness for 'theiro6Bitionsr('Th« appointmodt, however, of -two mob piononncedsupporters s;emed to bea; biibe to all the journalists of the country.— A Vojch: Question.) It was simplyiaying -th»t-jonrnali»ts-"Who wero-against him were shut out'of all hope of Kcsiying anything from hiei(jorernmeiit, and,'ttat'favours,'would be bestowed upon those who would cori?ont to we the*'positions to bolster upj his power.•?Mr Oliver next- adverted to the proposal of Sir : George' Grey to have an- elective ■ Governor for '■she Colony,,which- ho oharscteri^ed »b a startling and Revolutionary.'lnnovation.—(No, no.) Tha appointment of pur. Governor by .her: Majesty the Qnesn waa tho csnnecting link between the Colony and the Home Country, and we could not exist as a community'unpro tected: they would havo to go to the expense of an an army aud a navy.T-(A Voice : Bah 1 If- the gentlemen who expressed dieeent thoiight they would b« pernjitt<d to enjoy freedom-unprotected by an army and navy, they were very mucli: mistaken as to the. [intentions of 'abme cf the Euro perm Governmente.—(Applausa and; hisses.) What would they gain by olecting their own 'Governor?—(A Voioi: Everyfcbing ; and aprlaus?.) Had they am»ngat them either here or in the Australian Colonioa a man of such talent, suoh traininK, such knowledge of politics, *U«h' dignity—(A Voids: Oh yes),—and such impartiality tn to be fitted to bold the baUnca of power betwe«n the parties ? He aaid they could only elect a Governor by! dividing themselves into factions,: and tho faotiok which carried the Governor in would be the one to which he would lean and become the. leadtr of. They bad in the place; no doubt, in tbb opinion of Sir George Grey, one man equaUo the oeca' nion, and that ma» was iinwelf. ■He had been Governor already, and the speaker thought that they had had suffioient autocratic interference wituthsirfreeinstHutions-(hiaqos,laughter > and applati^),—and they could not trust him. If they elected theirown Governor.unmedutsly after one Governor had been appointed political »gitatiori would commence, as in {America, for" tha n«t election, tranqdllty would ceas», and the country would be disturbed from North to South.-(Applause.J What-would have been the conduct of the party leaders at HomerrrMr Gladatpna and the* Marquis, of Haitington?, Would'they hay ? t*Wn it upon themselves; Without a confereßae witii their Mlowew, to, take •uc^a'stej;*ijd-prdpese.that the Queen should be done away with, or that England,lhould*? joided tcFrindj ? They would be scouted and aoouMd:,of [betraying their patty. That waa practically Ufa same as what Sir Gedige Grey ■ had dota..; P«^%» man promiied »i ,th« t that he would iapporii a party,, did he' ,undett»ke to loyaUy .-follotir .i.ihe le«ler, ast expeotad by the chi»f of sf .clan'tin the:. Hijhlands? Net at all. It wasnot aper»on»l»Ua-

giance, bat i^TallejjiauceitOiprinciplea which thrparty leader was-snppo«£to. reweMnt— (Hear, hear, and applause.) IWhenß&G. Grey took itjupon himself to propose each » reroHir tion»ry measure h« forfeited hie right to be called the leader of the party., Party government could never be carried, on uuleca_ the leaders were leaders in matter* of,.principle. They could not form a partT.dri thspnn-ciple-called'"Grey" or " White.''-; Where mi the principle!? When there 'ware.two opposing parties; is' there were two jetttugo, when ProvinoUUsm was on its trial, was there anyone then .needed to form.a parW.;'JPa»tcr formed'itself. They did not .call Sir George Grey to lead them. Sir Georg* Grey had attacked- the' Legislative Council, and he: (Mr Oliver), could Mad some of'his remark*, but it would oaly be a waste of time.—(Laughter.) They all knew what he Btld...He said it was a most improper body, btoauie It did not represent anything, and vbecause the members of it were paid; and spoke oIJ it with great con-j tempfc -That was coridaot-quite unbecoming, the Prime Minister of the Colony. He was nota< freelance with Übsrty to tillt whbmlie pleased.: He ought to have ramembeindthat he occupied) the high position of leader of the country. .■ Hej quarrelled with the. institution en the ground; of its- expensivencu and "'with some' of .'his i followers. Not one "word about the Waikato: railway had bean heard iii Parliament Mr Oiiwr then quotid from ih'o Public Works Statement to showv-.tbat tbe;;action of.Bii { George Grey in authorising' this work, was arbitrary and' unjustifiable; and had not been! sauctioned;by Parliament. ;.Only,a dlstance.of 33 miles, at an estimated cosit, had been'autho. riied, and thes* 33 miles -from-Watkato to-»j . Aroha only had bean surveyed. That from 14 Aroha.to the Thames was ; not •urveyed. JThe Government hadi directed ;tlhe expenditure of the Bum. voted in another,pliice altogether, for the construction of the line-between GrahamscownandTe Aroha of whicli not, even a survey had beeni made.' He thought they would ajree with him that such conduotd**erVeathe severest :oansure on the perpetrators of 'it.r-{ Applause.) Kemember" what difficulties had-hewr expenj enced in getting the! Otago'Central railway included in the J?iiblio Works-.Statement,Jind then think how easy it was for the Auckland, electors to get a railway.—(Applause.) There* was a great deal of disappointment in ragard to the way in which Native- matters had been managed. It seemed to .him; .that.matters had been made worse 'by-interfering with tHe Maoris.:-. He read in the;papers about Native> meetiaga,-but could never- understand-what' effect they, had, nor the symbolic language used." Ho remembered that at the end of some important meeting a chief had said, " This'day we planted a tree." — (Laughter.) They; planted a tree, and-h» supposed it was; all right, that there "Wcis a mysterious meaniDg about the words itvhioh-only:thoß9 acquainted with/Maori (xpressions could fathom. The beat plan to i>dopt would be £o laave the Maoris alone to maka the first (-ff«r. -They were.diminishing.rapidly, And had. got into the habit of using .European clothing and; food, and rum"especially:' The result of the" meetings whierrhad costrmaiiymany thousands of pounds, had been that the Maoris had ja:-jected-ths^offers-'mada to.'tbem/and thii fiot. had been claimed as a victoiry by the Govern--' menti: Ithad!beenagen«ial'«pihien that Mr Sheehan -.was cognisant of*;|ne whole of .the Maori matters; but.;it had:sarned biifc-that lie was entirely ignorant of inoiit'matteri in connection- with the. Native difficulty.which had brought thorn to', tho verge .oLa~.war.w 2l Mr To-Whiti says that his followers must goto war, they will go to war"., Mr Sheehan'sUgnprance- waivtha^eaaon^pl', it,:all, ~,<? erta?B reserves " promised ■"*rere'*never* "-granted, and! the surveyors, carried . thisir survey, lines into' V'th«'i, i ,yery'.-;:honse,;'.t' ] ()f ; Then there was the quarrel between Sir George Grey and Mr Ballance. .In this j the, Prim* Minister; had; stooped to bave;ft;< personal., squabble of a most Tjndignifieii r;cKaw(j6tfcr'withy one of -hi* colleagues fotso el>ght_ai6ffenco as" putting a-.yote_fpr tha salary, of a, private secretary under one headingr.inatead.of under another. Here.they had exposed the'eharadter of Sir George-Greyr-;be \ would hare not only Ibis own-waVin accepting or Injecting, the bills passed by th» peopl",'and inßut upon spending mo»eyTrithonfr*its-heinjf-vokd,-but-h6-irohlcl'; not brook the slightest contradiction, even f <Joia his own friends and colleagues.—(Oheers kud hisses.) After being indicted on all these counts, Sir George Grey's answer was that those who brought the cbarijes-forward were animated by personal animosity, and wished to hunt him down.—(Cheers and signs of disapprobation.) 'Who wanted to rnin him ?-r(AVoio«: "Yon and Fox.") Until he (Mr, Oliver) had been~l>rought into clots contact with.r, 8a» Georges Grey. wad ; waa^,pkced in » " position'-which ' eilabled*' him! to 'watbh*'*n9 'Prtmier?s"i"sfc!tioiliii,';hß'ttoronghly' beliered'inihimrr(A. Jpips« Gammon !)r-{but after seeing him, he had gone through the'several.stages, firjrt of .misgiving,, then, pf, still fur-' ther occaaion of doubt, and then' one of complete unbelief. The answer of Sir Geprga Grey, that,people,wanted to ruin iim,,was:|k, nonsensical and unworthy 'abbwrfuge."'Why did He not meat the indictmentsjshow »-reason for what he had done, and, if he could, justify himself ?—(AppUuaeJ. , The talk; abont^Uiosei who opposed Sir GeorgeiGrey Wanting -to; ruin him,, was. simply...childish — was;not; worthy of" respect.1 and ' sraircely of notice. Sir George Grey further said that he could appeal to many nations and many races u> benefactor. No doubt Sir George Grey had. ,h«ld positions'pf great i dignity. an,d of emolument, very lucrative jposts, ;and whateTiche. had done for the races and nations to whom ha moat immodestly appealed h<i had done in the performance of ;hia'. duty,; ; .rand,'EDgland. had mndieda of men who were performing th«ir duty under much more severe circamstancei ban Sir George Greyhad done, who impeiilled their lives' and met their deaths without giving any;sigh .that they supppatdcthejfW.ere; doing more than their duty. The claim put forward that Sir George Grey was a benefactor to many races was no answer to the charges, which he ought tomeet fairly, face to face and man toman. The candidate thought 'he had given enough to ustify fait vote given the other day, which had placed' th9.'present.,Mini«try in, a minority-— Cries of no," and applause.) j Hffhought he had shown that if he did not do so he would have been neglecting a most important duty.—(Applanse.) There had onlylbeenVBeE«foh of a few weeks,- which had been .paid for by two hundred guineas for each member. —(&. '"Voice : A ve;fy good pay.) He dared BayIt was a -very poor session a,t the pries.; He voted against it,—(Applause.) During the last session, however, an important bil!, enabling the Governmeut to obtain i'rom the English money market some more millions of a loan, had been granted. He must confess that he thbught more money, wai,wanted,iii the;,cbuntry to oarryput the works begun. '.He wished, sjmply to point out" lhat'.tUey ought to be yery;caref ul—.. more careful than they1 had' leen previbtuly in. then: expenditnreir-(Appl*u»B.) There i must be no inoi:e,«Fendingiof 30 miles of-railway (Wbioh the- countrji.didnot sanction. —(AppUnae,)- He .would,go ..further.; He would say. ; that. no, pew lines of railway, nor public works whatever, should go on iinlets the proppsftls were'BabmittfdsJto ;as much tcrutiny as if'theyr were -Sprivate undertakings. •a(Applause.) -Any—-Government- prppoeaL ought to 'be.: laferrcd to..a. select committee.He wonld wind up' by saying that as he expreisid .himself 12 monthn ago, so he was then in favour of tha most liberal■; legislation ifo'rthe liurpoae'.of; JaWjiEgy-pnt! what he told them at the begmnffigj of his address whiit Tie conceived to be the platform of the Liberal P*l^l He t"-o"^* tnat th. 9 programma 'of tne'tiberal party, although it lad been in.Sir George Grey'eimoutb, had been much modified, the disodnnic'tion'with -Bug land and the;»bolition.of .the Legialative:.G6uttoil not being included. .The Council, in his opuiion, boweveri'-wAo n'fit by-any means as perfect as it might bs; but it must notJbe forgotttn that whereas the elective Upper Houses lad been, the cau^i of. grej.t : deadlock's and trouble, our" TJpp«r Hou-9 had" not caused any trouble. -The; Upper House must bejmyin-:: (ained, and although certain modifications might poseibly'lie m^'e in connection with it} its aboUtion should, nut, form one of the planks of the Liberal party. He objected ;o. progrestive'taxation, of property, The way in which the railwayn wew managed was not to be submitted to.—(Applause.) What would their late Superintendent—now Miniater for Public Works—have said a few'years ago if anything—railways oir anything elsewere managed at Christoburch ? We 11.,, Sir George Grey, waa going to be member for Cbristohurch, and he (Mr Oliver) supposed m time he was going to havo L 200,000 spent there. Allthoss thing!) were against them—(A Voiob : Aid yon, too). In conclusion, the candidate said if he were consulting bis pe.r----•onal ease bia wnuld decline to be cent, a* a renreaentativo pf ; Dunedin, for he would assure thorn that the position of a repretentativc at Wellington- Was not so: pleasurable as many irnggmed.--He-would, if returned, lose both comfort and time—which wns money j but be placed hit* seryicao f retly at the disposal of th« •lectors. His career for the last 17 yean amongst thfm was, a Boffioient guaraatee thai he would represent them faithfully if elected —(Grs&t applause )._ ~ : In answer to questions, ' : Mr OIiIVEB said he was in, favour of putting together and building the rolliiig-fitock requirec hore—that wa», making them ai far at posiibl< in' the Colony. He bslievnd the dissolutioi woald cost Sir George Gray nearly LIOO,OOO .He was in favour, of sweeping away the Nativi Office 'altogether^ He belioved s Mr iSHeehai had acknowledged tor having upeiit; L20,0Q( niore than hatlbeen voted toe Nattvo purposes The expenditure on the Natlver'nad beeu.'mos l*viah. He wta'informed- bir'Mr'Hobbs, to had atUrided 6nei,«>f the Maori >neetinga, tha the bill of expense* 'for tb!(,t;me,eting woul natoniah the public. As he had s»id whsn h was ft candidate, he was opposed to speoli juriei being gr»nted for criminal oases. ■ Mr,,LiiOTO: "Dtt'yoij beUftvoit "posaibla fp Sir George "Grey to enter a private room an in 10 minuteaVtoproduce a bill wbioharasi.t tave the OolonyXlOO,ooo,!Tr,,(L»BghMr'»od%i t'oar.);- K*'M uz---.fi i»Vf' fc-js ~-.'.-.t0:.3 I ■ ■ '■""■•' ii Mr Ouyßß j .The 'geDttMoan.-wha- i»fef: tt qne«tion«*lido not.k^ewhlwTTWqwt?*'«» Slf George Grey once, when .opposing tn Atkinson GovWaauntj that he could go into

private room and iulO ainutM would bring in ».bIU. thrt wouli in tjie country LIMLOOO fromtheexpensas .of tSe"X3va Service. Has he done so? Not'i'htt Serrioe is more costly than when he took office. - In r«ply.to other questiorif, he said: The Chinese immigration question was complicated by treatise, but he believed we had enough Chinese hereV and tbit it wbuWbe'fair to take means aetaisst the country being overrun by them. -; The Th»mes:*aiiiray.wa» being constrooUd without Ifs. survey having been completed, and in direct p opposition to the provisions'oftheKaawayi Construction Act. He knew that a circular waiusuedfronithe-Pablic Works Office to tae effect that eigbt hoars per day should be the r«cognisedhonra of labour, and that all hours Over that should be paid for a« eyertime, and was not' a,ware. that thtss rules had not beeji Brdnght'lßtoopMattoninDun;edin as theyihad .bean elsewhere. ; He would notwait until he wass elected <to, see into this matter, but, as their late represenUtive, would seetoiionthe followiiift;aay.;; -; .'.;.'" ;.y ■ Mr'-.WAlKßßVDij'yon*-iu»tTthink it wonlci .have b»en betterto havepasied; the measures referred U in th» Governdrfs Speech I- If th*t hkd been • done the stock-in-trade of,. the Groverhment would have been taken from them — Sir Georie; Grey would have bßeh l*ft pohtioally bankrupt; he Would have Had nothing to , Stump the.country,oii..'."".:".' i. '■ ■".-/ :-.- 1 ''.■-, ■•! ■.-: MrOuvEß:SiriGeorge -Greyis ».-very in-' genious man. Ido not think he would have wanted stock-in-trade to ttump the country; with.''-i"'W-'a^-:;ot . I JMrWAiKaBt-What better man is there in; theHousefor.the position, of Prime Minisier; thin Sir George Grey ! ■' ':'';: ■-*"-■■"■■' :■ : Mr Olives: Iwoald simply answer in these: words, that any man at all who will go straight Is a better mart than 7 Sir. George.jGrey.—Ap-; ;pl»ussanddi'sstnt) .- '.'.*,' "jj '.7...% '. * s \ . 'Mr,GkobgeMohko moved, »ndMrH. Jeffs seconded, a vote, of confidence, in Mr .Oliver,! aud[the motion "was carried almost unanimously J