THE Thames Advertiser. TUESDAY, MAY 6th, 1890.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIII, Issue 6602, 6 May 1890, Page 2

THE Thames Advertiser. TUESDAY, MAY 6th, 1890.

Mb:srank TiA¥RYi'.memb.enfor.Frank-' lin. Nortli-r-a constituency that '■ ceases to ekcUe'urider.the'.h'ew' repres^nta'tioti—is one' of tb.6 outspoken men in tne House. He addressed his constitutenls on Saturday, and wo-take*a few of the main features of his speech HeJsaM he | oppbsfed'jthe Bill of last session;■■ because.-it;.con-tained much of - wHftt 2 -he , • considered theoretical aud'!Hspdc < iilk ! tive ■ ■ and-'.'he was opposed to the principle of the. Hare, system of representation,..as .underit able unless .iyeir'audjwideiy : .known,' would be unable to J?tirii l meatary houors., Hβ disapproved ■of the .parochial charac' er 'ofitheiOllaritable A id .Bill,aud strongly condemned tlie appointment , of Mr Maxwell as one of the Railway Commissioners. ,'|The .Government, had been guilty of agross.;biwh,o)E faithinappointing that gentleman, and thereby sanctioning the perpetuation of his unpopular' 'of' railway ! lnanage , - ment, Mr Lawry thought a debt of gratitude .was'due:to"the 'Government for their land policy, under which there successes where before rth'ere had been a hundred did not favour dual voting, but thought the oyjl did not exist many great proportion:' y.'Referring to j the question')bf; education, the member for Frcnklia a sai(i: he thoiight the system too costly, a considerable reduction could,.bVmade Without impair* ing efficiency. It seemed to him that secondary, education had become! too great a.'luxury;; 1 -it was .class education. He was !pf opinion that the educational endowments of the "colony should be generalised,- and thrown hto O ne commbii f uu(3. ; With' respect to the cumu~ latiye ,vote, he,did not,,take.Bomuch exception ■;> as ■ others,, had^; taken to.thai provision;' The ,; v6te was provided for the representation of minorities, ;The abuse;bf .the principlel'did "' not niter the fact that it had a great many points to Mcommend.iit. ;■-. He feared thrit during the.coming.sessiou.an, attempt would be nude to introduce the religious element into the schools, and;:he maintained that they must'resifjt! it to the very uttermost, He had no sympathy with those who 1 said'tHafc the system was a godless one. Hebelieved the finest code'of morals', outside the Bible, wus taught in the schools, i e never saw much good resulting from the reading of the Bible in the schools;.and so,long as there was a State system, of education, it must remain absoiufely free,' secular, and compulsory; '■ .''-■:■ •'!'" ■ ■

} Mr Lawrjr next dealt with the Pro periy Tax, 1 which he utterly condemned, No young country, he said, could ever hope to progress under so iniquitous n measure, He pointed oiit the special injury done by-the tax ; owing to the tax* iitiqii of unproiitiililo as well as piofitabje industriefi, and'quoted tin 'Instance re» lilted, ta him'hi regard to m coinpatiy in Bngliuid.tfith, AO.Oi),OQO capital*, Thlk ammf lmd-mndo very littld prolifr foV' .-tho liJ'flrryqai , , Biidiivtlio wefifld yfiw..it niftdc.ftoprolilvftnii was relieved fj'om tlio pa/wonii of luoomatas fav that torw,

taxr.exieted in 7 Kngland, haye had to sHp.w a loss of over jJiO.OJXforjts tv?o yean)'operations, or tojiavojfajattied its; bouics/andfia'* the e¥d have had to bo wouiid up. He denounced the principle of taxing a man for the his property, ThU question was bound to Bo a great phe in the cpffling eesaipu./ It would not) ho thought," bo decided id a Vnoribund Parliament.-.but -it .would,, fought out in the new Parliament. _. 'Alt: \