SEPARATION.

Otago Witness, Issue 553, 5 July 1862, Page 2

SEPARATION.

The LytieVon Times, which dr.iws its inspirations oroni one <>f tbo members of the Cabinet, dimly points cat in the Mihjoiiied extract from one of its leaders, ti touinronii.se that tlie Government propo&es to offer the riopuiationists .—. — . ;^ • 5. As the rumour first reached in of tlte 'scheme to be propped by Uov3nirnoiif. it. did not sound very feasible. And wo arc still in tiie da'-k as to much which would guide us in forming an opinion on it. But alter weidiiug some of tlio diliicultiiM tli.il herat eveiy plan <n' reform, and as somew hrt more i-N gathered of the proposal policy, we await the publication of details mure hopefully. It appears that the Government vi&h to effect an administrative s>.» paratiou, withjut creating a second legislature They iropoaut'i locate a stronjr detachment of the Geneial Jilxeeutive in this Isiaud. ministers, pei ma.ne;it ofrioitil head-!, eleiks and all. The Gyncml Assembly would meet at Welliugfoii, and tbe miitWers from North and South wotilii moot there also. Wu do not know whether it i-i intended that" thw! sho'ihl h: duplicate* of any of tlfc? officer or wnt'tlier the pvidtina 1 dopnr*nieiils are to bo (hvide.l bat we -n th' 1 .North and South. Witihour this information it h hard tojudire of the praatic ibi'i^y of Ihe se'seme. ri ipp-jsliiyr, howevi»r, timfc ths il-.piu'tnicuts arj located to ,th rt s.itUfujiion of the A'-aombly, tins plan would virtually give us a Sont!) Ibiaii(l'G)Vt'riinicnt,. It Is faulty, like all eomproiniie 1*;1 *; but ifc lu;>k.-f like a nnnleut step in the rig-lit direction ; ami, with a careful adjustment of finances, might do all th.it the tioutu re-