WHAT SIR GEORGE GREY HAS DONE.

Southland Times, Issue 3485, 22 August 1879, Page 3

WHAT SIR GEORGE GREY HAS DONE.

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' 'tlierPress;''shbuldbe''barefully read- andcbn„sidered by, every, elector: during^the; coming ; ' -".fruggle:-— '" ' ■' : ' " "'":: " ' ■■ "'''"■' : * "'■ '-. -„,' ,' . "TO THE EDITOR OF THE' PEESS. ! f " Sib,— l send afevv questions^ and answers applicable to the present' crisis :-^- y 0 b «« Wh'o /made an tinsblibited land ditional present -of over £200,000 worth of land .scrip, to absentee sland . ; o wners ? - I Sir -..'. .JG^yB^'.GTt3SX^dZ.ZZZZZ ZZyY-~--^-Z y ''' . • -,-; " Who* encouraged and sanctioned the acquisition of aiargetractbf Crown Imdinjthe /Province of Dtago-bya^ert^^JohnnV Jones ? Sn*"&EOBGE CrBET I " ' Z:"ZZZ. yY •■;{-'.' IR-- Why '•-•■was : JjJ. specially favored byi Sir George Grey 7 in the "creation of this 'ibig. fState?>j H ZyZ'-Ay A.y. j'ZA'''. '{..a 'V " because the influence oE the said JJ. was wanted to ind^cb. ascertain Wellington resident (agent of the aforesaid J.JV) to enter ; ( . :.the;Gov,emorV Nominee Council^all-tbe leadZ . iiig men' of Wellington having declined Seats '''int_^i^d."Cburi_iiy:'y'^^^ Z i ZyZi r: W^dced^c^t^^T^^^ the: wastelands' //to :jfe'andlos ; per acre -at' a time 'when; the 1 ' v lafebrmg'__an coiild* libt'take ad^ahtage'of the low price, arid speculators i we?e "enabled to mPnepolise large tracts? SirGEOBGE G_jet,, : -: " So' mudi' idV*6nh^tibh 7 vvith the 1 land,: j>" legislation of the colony by the now prof essed =* icha^pipn'ottj^ - ..th_vW-___ng::m_iiiy^^ "Who burked a Liberal Cpns^tbtibh; Act y for New Zealand passe# by ; thb Imperial ;Par- •'-- liament?- -Sir GEOBtorGBE^j: "ZZd-:d.A- y '^Who tried to'substitute.M ''■ thereoiEv reserving -to himself: : theyright to ' y-nbmffi^;bne-tMi^^ ?' -pas^ C6u& ■'. --l&^GroqraaE'G-OTi-;^ " ~ ««Whb>villifi,ed and denounced the^Canter-,? bury settlement because its^eading^^meniwere in^trnmental-mrejecting the af presaid-liberal Prt viiSciafc Council Ordinance ? j Sir Geobge A ' -<&RET£yZ:i}iZYZYyYZ: Z- 'i. " aaxzZYZYZZ. ' Zy v VlnpZpTppdiedi the : recall of Lieutenant-.;. Govern'd^ r _s^lfpr' ' symiiathising -with; this settlers in Vtheir 'efforts , tb- .obtain a liberal ZZijpTm&. tfoyennment? ySir^GB^jRGE/GBET ! \. • ■^ f ßi-h-tipn^e-.> wf^r_bbiyed 7 iii ,■ the^bqlony, : '.deiay<& its introduction as long as possible, YYyia&£^i&e^ :- ' the;*talii^ bbpbxib Z' !i %&&?Zsffi^ Z'Z?tflMpch^ pre- ■'"•> gnme^Tg°OTa^^^ his 6^ riwrtive Act wi^ ton'sTand claMrtVtigjpl^ ? . >' Sir Gs^JE^GEEri-^y^ ZZAr<Y,yY.Yp-y. '■: ! . ;r/;^iWhOi.re_u-ed thg^C^jnn^io? 6^ «!^ 'a pi] the' Government. stean^erXbnO^e^pleapf 1 1 . danger^- the'jMtiv_?/wh^^ vesy ~^liel^v^w^^ _n elecii -;■ ,;ticm stumping i.pw ; s i r ;.-. : -v GEOBOE GBEY I Z:Zd : ,d'd, vZß Z: : :. " y: ''■ Y^i -yfi Whaled io veto a liberal #,nd Apt after it __a,be^pi__^l*y/ Ins own, $^ernnient? ; t^p^;9W£Z t 'WMZZizZyZZ:

" Who promised to put 70,000 of the wor_> ing classes upon the electoral rolls, and after carrying a Bill through Parliament for this purpose, withdrew it because he was not allowed to swamp a number of Northern constituencies by his dual Maori vote? Sir Geobg-e Grey I -■ Who has committed the colony to a quarter of a million -of railway expenditure, not authorised by Parliament? Sir Geokoe GrR£Y I " Who allowed one of his Ministry to pro': " ceed to England to arrange a gigantic land" speculation on his own account, as a cost to the public of £2000? Sir Geobge Gkey ! | " Who, after all his previous tergiversation and mal-administratiou of the affairs of the colony, proposes to perpetrate a stupendous insult upon the whole of Canterbury by projfessinga desire to repie-^ent a portion of the ' systematically .traduced, and slandered from the foundation of the settlement to the present time? Sir GEORGE GREYU :Ia . /or . : (j;y> •i:,iy; Uj i Yotns, Sec, EIiECTOB." :