HINDON.

Otago Witness, Issue 1916, 6 November 1890, Page 19

HINDON.

November 4. -MMw'SeolJie Mackenzie uddreasad the .electors ,a$ the setjoqlhoußa here op Monday evening. Tlih night was fine, ami flier*, was a large' turnout. Mr TuiimasJi'hompsonuvns voted to the. .chair. „ 84,f«)r«, conimeuojng on the qiustiuns (>f, Ahu day MJ? MackeTtzie. first alluded I,6'ftical mattere, among oi.heiiC« roait^norn\fc>ifi railway, station tq-irllndoiF, fjir the coiißfr.HcHon of which the. inhabitants hafl beed anxious f ■ r some time. ' A Sumof £150 had i^i i Mteimeautime .bftenigcanM. aud the wurk would be put in haud at once He gave a short history of the 'prlocip'a! features' of last Parliament. "If his 1 object iWrto: c«|ph.,votps^- lie, could palk the s;fraie l sor.t; of •tuff on the land question than many people were doing. - On the" contrary/ he -would- be' very plaip ,v, ithfOhem. - H«,^enban,to)ihaw.tljat $l^reehoia system was tpe oest not only for the individual but the community. -He 1 dwelt 1 at- length on. education. .pointing, out fbe great^dyfintages of a purely, secular State system He would oppose any form of grant t(> any. denomination whatever.' (He could* ""not sup l,por.fj the, introduction of .the, Bible, into the public school's. After a few 'questions had been put anil , satisfactorily answered, Mr;J.; Wrights proposed k ,yoto, of confidence in Mr Mackenzie. Mr Pyke deeWved Well of the people' of Hindon for 'pushing • on theirailway, but they had^every confidence in Mr Macker zie. The vote was carried unanimously, and a vote of thanksto thectialrman brought the meeting to aoloie., ; , „, „ , ;