The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1892

Thames Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 7083, 15 January 1892, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1892

The Hon. A. J. Cadman, Native Minister, and the representative of the Thames electorate in Parliament, is to be heartily congratulated upon the admirable manner in which he placed the principal features of the Government's policy before the meeting held in the Academy of Music on Wednesday evening. The speech, which was couched in the plainest language possible, and was conspicuous by the absence of rhetoric and flowery phrases, such as are so often used for the purpose of eliciting the sympathies of the audience, dealt mainly with the measures introduced by the Government during the last session, and a defence of their policy against the grossly unfair manner in which it has been misrepresented by a seotion of the Press. And Mr Cadman found his audience thoroughly sympathetic, more especially in the course of his fearless and outspoken remarks concerning the Conservative Press of the colony, and the Globo Assets and Kauri Timber Cos.; while bis appeal that even if it should happen that the Government might have to give up the keys of office, the Liberals should continue to combine and see that Liberalism still dominated the policy of the country, evoked a ready reBponse from those present, who afforded v a pleasing evidence of their approval by a spontaneous outburst of applause. It is unnecessary to recapitulate the hon. gentleman's utterances, as his speech was fully reported in our last issue, and does not call for Bpecial comment, because, as we have already said, it was mainly devoted to a general review of the work of last session.

We Lave the satisfaction of knowing that so far as we are concerned we have on every possible occasion endeavored to *show the un r fairness of the manner in -which the Conservative Press refer to the Government's policy measures, and more especially the Land and Income Tax Bill, though their displeasure and enmity is, we think, an unmistakeable evidence that the new form of taxation is inimical to the interests of their class, and of undoubted benefit to the masses.

Mr Cadman, who as the member for this district has labored conscientiously and zealously on its behalf, has certainly striven to give satisfaction to hie constituents, and richly deserved the expression of confidence so unanimously passed by j the meeting on Wednesday—an" expression which, as he remarked "when returning thanks, he took as a pleasing token of public appreciation of hia, labors, and also those of the Government of which he is a member..