The Star. MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1868.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 28, 15 June 1868, Page 2

The Star. MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1868.

Afl a rulo, moafc uaoful work ia accomplished silently, without bounco and wifchou. bluster— with ho parade and littlo ahow, Honoo it is that thos© who really work for tho good of tho community aro offcon paused ovor, wliilo thoso who do lifctlo and talk muoh booomo tho idols of tho populace, Of oourao, tlio counterfeit ia diacovorod ovontually, nnd tlio roward of tho gonuino workar ia onhancod by tho knowlodgo that, in proportion to tho roality of hia labours will bo tho durability of hin famo. IVom timo to timo thoro have appoared insinuations that tho Oantorbury financial Boform AflHooiation, lilco mair*/ othor thiiiga brought to lifo m tlio provinco, WA« likoly fco accomplish little for tho public welfare, Tho publication of a roport on tho financo of tlio provinco, nnd tho swooping reductions mado during last soaaion of tho Provincial Council, ailonced tho grumblora for a timo, Again doubts wero expressed about tho aaaooiation, and it eventually appoarod thnt tho working committoo had boon engagod on a moat laborioua and most important work—- tho examination of tho Colonial flnanco with a viow to nacortain what roforma aro possible in tho relatione of tho General to tho Provincial Grovornmonts, ln another oolumn, our roadora will find tho roport of a mooting hold on Saturday night, and wo trust thoy will givo it all tho oounideration which ita importance doaorvos. It has boon our duty to purauo a eimilar inquiry to that on whioh tho working committoo of the ltoform Association haw boon ongagod, though in different dirootion, and wo aro able to form somo idoa of tho oxtont an woll as tho difficulty of. their labours. "Wo havo no hoflifcation in flaying that tlio publio aro dooply indobfcod to tho Association. Tho Nolflon ltoform Aaaooiation haa boon dintinguiflhod by tho production of aomo vory elaborate papora ou the fchoory and principles of taxation gonorally. Tho Auckland Aaaooiation rocommondod largo reductions in almoßt ovory branch of colonial expondifcuro, principally in tho aalarios of oflloiala, and pointod out tho evils whioh have boon cauaod by tho nativo donartraont, Tho Oaufcorbury Association has aaeortainod, aa accurately m possible uuder tlio circumstances, tlio oxaot financial position of oaeh provinco in tho colony, If tho Aaaooiation had done nothing moro than this they would bo ontitlod to praiao ; but tho catalogue of thoir aohiovomonta ia not yot* mado lip'; Wo havo no doubt that, when tho final roport of tho Aaaooiation is issuod, ifc will bo found to contain many valuable suggestions. Whon this roport appoara it would, norhapa, bo a wiuo atop Oil tho part of fclio oleotors to ascertain what thoir ropfCHontafcivoß in tho Gronoral Asaombly think of it,