The Star. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1868.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 83, 19 August 1868, Page 2

The Star. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1868.

A: or.ofu. uiiulysifl of tho votoa recorded on Mr .Fux'rj ronolubion, in tho Kouso of JtuproHontativoii, will allow that a now apooion of log-rolling has boon brought Into play by tho itottifco Premier, It is no longer poaalblo to pit ono province againnb anothor, or to Bocuro tlio voteu, nay of Auckland, hy tho promise of ho mo Hpooial pooimiary advantage to tho provincpi aa wao yory ofToefcuully dono last aofiuion. But tho Ministry, by tlio aid of a few portiaanH, and by thoir own oltbrta during tho rocosH, managed to create an antagonkm botwoon the variona Hoctiona ol' tho pooplo in each provinoo. Tho outlying dintrioto, as it to tho fauhion to call thorn, woro studiously flattorod, and temporary .foolinga of dinappoint» mont with tho Provincial govorntnents takon advantngo of to uth' iip Htrifo aud tUHfloiiflion, Mr Pillon D*.ll, i, r |ii w HpOOllU Oil Ml' X'ox'h resolution, diseuHfiou thi« now 01-ato of tliitigu at somo length. Il nppuara that just boforo tho .aeasion hogan, thoro wan an olootion for the Homm) of HoproHontativofl in tho din : triofc of Woilcouaiti, in tho Otago pro. vinco. Ono oandidato was ntrongly in favour ol' tho County ay-atom ; tho othor -was ah strongly opponod to it, and ho Joat tho election by tho barest majority, Wo don*b rotnotnboi' tho oxaot numborfl, hut wo beliovo tlio majority in favour of tho County ayfltoin oandidato wnn^ throo or four, Thin iti what Mr Billon 801 l nays about tho election : — " I havo no doubt " tho G-ovoi'iimoutwill claim thin, also, "aa a triumph ; bnt I. nay that this "olootion in a vory norious miafV.rbuiio "to tho country, and I nay it booauflo " tho dintriot in question U my dintriol, " whoro I livo, I look upon it that "it in a groat miofortuno that questions "of this aoi't should havo oroatod an " ilbfooling, which will not bo oasily " abatod ; and I warn tho mombora on "that [tho Govern mont] bench that " thoy muat not look upon thiß tm a "triumph, for tho rocontly olootod " mombor will hour mo out in Haying " that thia in nothing but a question "botwoon tho town of Waikouaiti nnd " that of Palmot'flfcon. Evorybodv who "ban property in tho distriot fcuowfl "fchtfl to ho tho cano, and ovorybody "doploroH tho quam>l« of tho dec- " tlon," Sponlcing of a potition from tho namo district, praying that it may booonatitutoda county, Mr 801 l warm tho Covornmont that whon thoy aro called upon to fU itw boundaries, thoy will hayo tho .grootcflb difliculty thoy linvo over yob' had to contond with ; " for," ho adds, " thoy will bo flotting neighbour nguimd. neigh"hour, and friend -against friend." Thoy cannot oatinfy both sidoa, and whiohovor oido in natiidlod, groat injti»« t-ieo will bo dono to tho othor, Apply t-hcfjo wordfi lo Timaru, moaouro the agitation thoro in favour of a County by tho namo standard, and wo vonturo

to oay it ia impoHrtiblo to arrive at any othor than a aimilnr conclusion, If Timaru is aatUflod, Titnalcu, Waimato, and othor rifling townships will bo dia* nattofloil. Tho'olomonta of dineord—oo'fattil to good Government, ho inimical to prosperity— will bo oiroctuiilly introduced, and tho district will bo out up into rival Hoetionn, lighting agoinat oach oth or to tho dotriinout of all, By following Mr Dillon 801 l a littlo furthor in bin apooeh wo shall arrivo at anothor fact, which ia of tho utmost importance Tako tho cities of Ohristohurch, Dunodin, ancl Wellington. Will thoy agreo in saying that tlio country ahonld bo split up into eounlionP And, in it not tho case that in theso citicf) a majority of tho doctors might bo practically diafrimohisod at any momonfc. Iv (3hri»tohi:roh, thoro aro, wo shall Hay, about 2000 oloetorn, and a gonornl olocfclon might hoo Ilvo condidatoa confconding for tho honour of reproaonting tho city. It ia not H(,i'ol;«hing tlio point too far to guy that tho winning candidate might bo rolurnod by ( 450 votes out of tho 2000, thus dinfranchitung 1560 oloctorn, or at leantleaving thorn without a representative. On tho other hand, wo might And a conotituenoy lileo Coloridgo, or Mount llorbort, noithornf which has a couplo of bund rod doctors on ita roll, Hondiug up each a roproaimfcotivo by, way 100 votoH. Tho fact in, tho two conatituonoiou wo havo natnod ought to bo dono away with an soparato doctoral di«u«iotij, Ooloridgo wight very woll bo divided botwoon Solwyn, Timaru, and 'Gladstone, and no in. jiiHtico would bo dono by morginjj 'Mount llorbort in Lyttolton and Akaroa, Tho two Hootn thua takon away ought to bo dividod botwoon Ohnatchurch, Avon, atul Ileathcoto, hy a ro-arrangemonl; of tho electoral boundaries, A,m\ tho half* infcoroob which wo poHHona in tho' mombor for Ohoviob might very properly bo doubled. By doing thin, and by diflti'ibuting tho dooloraon tho Cheviot roll botwoon trio Kahipoi and Atihloy diatricta, wo could iioeuro anothor roproHontntivo for OhriHtehureh without increasing th© total number of roprOfloufcalivoß, OhriHtehureh ought to havo, at l«a«t, two mombora. Altogether, tho roproHontntion of tho provinoo io in a mont uuHHtrnfaotory ntato, and wo warn' Uioho who doairo to .poHiKiHH tho tardily of tho iranchiao that thoir IiohI; intoronta aw n}»fil./iJco. ; ..»i_-__m.«--.i^MMliltt^t«*iaOT-IHIUIIWJ-^^