HEAVY EXPENSES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2509, 16 April 1902, Page 16

HEAVY EXPENSES.

Tlif enormoviß ci-t of tlio .Mini-try and Ijeginlatui c, l>p-id<v> tlir> enil sen ice, formed a subject for (]wu.--ion nt the- laft meeting of thr> Ma-trrton branch of the Fanner-,' ['moii. It vi a*, cciteiided tliat ;is tlie farmer- — thf land — had to find c\ erytliing, thoy should \igorou=ly iniipt on an entirely different system to the prfvent beitig inaugurated, winch would l>f> of far Je c & coat to the colony. ThK Mr Cockburn-Hood maintained, rould be done by the establishment of largo local governing bodie=. He felt confident that the '■ervicec of local men rould be scared in connoctixi with !-ucli bcdie=. and tho nrrcrt-ary woik carried out with more efficiency, Dxpei.iii.ion, and chcap1103 than at the picsent time by members. H- believed it only inquired the dctoi initiation of all concerned to bring about a ie-c-ult of ouch iinportanrc to the colony. A resolution wa-. earned to the eficct ilint it was desirable to ha\e retrenchment 111 all branches of the ci\il Fer\ice, and a xeduetion in the number of menibei- of the Hou-e of R-epiceiita'ivr-p, 01 their silartc-, with a Yia-fti to reuutiug ei£ciibei> and the he;i\y_

burdens of farmers ; and that the co-opera-tico of other branches be requested.