I THE NEW ZEALAND CONSERVATIVE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XX, Issue 5883, 20 April 1886, Page 2

I THE NEW ZEALAND CONSERVATIVE.

». . .... ' (Auckland Star.) " In Mr Ormond we recognise at once the New Zealand Conservative, *He not tax property, because property is sacred in his j eyes, He will not make railroads nor go any further with public works, because he does not oare that work should be plentiful for the labourer, and he fears that opening up the country means, in some form or other, breaking up the large estates and reducing the Shepherd Kings (of whom he is one) to the level of ordinary settlers. He is an uncompromising Freetrader, because he has no wish to encourage native industries or to render the artizen class prosperous and powerful in the State. Even his very strong opinions on local , government are, never* theless, tiDged by tbe Bame general tendency. He remembers the time when Provincial Governmants existed, and he and a handful of his friends were autocratic in Hawke's Bay ; and he dreams of a return to such a state of things if only' these institutions could bo restored. 'It is, however, only a dream. Provincial Governments might, indeed, be restored, but the control of the few forming the Upper Ten, even in Hftwke's Bay, is gone for ever. And so it is w{th nearly all his views; The talk about a free breakfast table may tickle the ears of ! the people of Napier, but it will not deceive 1 the people of the colony. The cry is no more than a cover under which to oppose all Customs taxation which will protect our industries and strengthen the hands of our working settlers. The objections to further railroad development are really objections, to opening up the country to settlement, and the close of the reign of large landed proprietors. In a word, Mr Ormond is a representative man, , He represents a olass which, if not too numerous, is still very powerful, and he opposes the Government and their policy in the interests of that olass. It is well that it should be represented, and that the public should know who is on one aide and who" on the other. Mr Ormond says he will not join any Ministry unless he is Premier. Tbe chances of his joining a Ministry are fortunately not overpowering at present.

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