Mr. Rolleston and. Mr. Dick have always been avowed Provincialists, and Mr. Ormond's example in frankly retracting will not want followers. Under the guise of " local government " there is gradually coming together a new party in the House, powerful in ability and in character, and whose strength is each session becoming more apparent. It is admitted on all sides that centralisation has been a miserable failure. It has not made government more simple or less costly. It has not established any system of local control worthy of the name. It has depended entirely on subsidies to give it a standing, and with the cessation of the loans these subsidies are fading away. What will Centralists now otter ? We can only wait and see what the Treasurer will propose. He is a Centralist of the Centralists, and in this matter, as in too many others, his strong Avill has in the Cabinet an unhealthy sway.
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Observer, Volume 2, Issue 35, 14 May 1881, Page 377
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