POLITICAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1184, 29 May 1884, Page 3

POLITICAL.

The Gisborne papers contain a formal letter from Sir Julius Vooel, intimating his withdrawal from contesting the East Coast seat. Mr Macandrew, M.H.R. for Port Chalmers, addressed his constituents on Monday night. He said the depression in the colony had been brought about, by a system of Centralism. The Central Legislature should confine itself to maintaining the Supreme Court, the Postal and Telegraph Departments, and providing for the payment of interest on past loans. He expressed the regret that Sir George Grey seemed to regard the taxing of the unearned iucrement as of the first importance. If he possessed one spark of the intellectual power of Sir George Grey he would ruffle up the spirits of the people, so that the very stones should rise and mutiny, not against the unearned increment, but against the continuance of the upastrea of Centralism. Federation with Australia would be a great blunder, at any rate upon the lines laid down by the Conference. The only federation he would go in for would be one by which the whole British Empire would be represented at Westminster. He was given a unanimous Tote of confidence.

Sir G. Grey leaves Auckland for Gisborne on Thursday, to deliver an address there.

The Wellington Post of Tuesday night publishes m private telegram stating that Mr Pilliet, member for Stanmore, has offered to resign his seat in favour of Sir Julius Vogel, and, if the latter will stand, no opposition is anticipated. It has been suggested that Sir Julius Vogel should be asked to contest the Avon seat with Mr Rolleston.

Sir Julius Vogel has sent an indefinite reply to a request asking him to stand for the Ashburton seat.