HON. FOWLDS AT -3REY LYNN.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 12192, 13 June 1907, Page 7

HON. FOWLDS AT -3REY LYNN.

(Per Uniied Pre*iS Association.) A I ( KLAXD, June 11. Addressing hi« coiisiif vents at Grey Lynn, Hie lion (i. 1 owlds. said that among the lelorms carried out was the provision ior binkiug iund.s ioi some ol the old and unpiodiu tive toans, and last year out ol the ordmaiy revenue £.' JO.9V) was piovided. Then there was an item that had stood tor years beioie the present party came into power ot A'7UU,(JOU on debentures, and iiIoO.OOO was paid oil that. 'Ihe L^aaer oi the Opposition claimed credit for a lot of reforms the Government had carried out, but Mr Fowlds' opinion was tnat il the devil himself was Leader of the Opposition he would be found preaching i lglittousne^o. Ketcrinig to education, he said great strides had been made. He was \cry pleased the House had agreed to five education horn pi unary school to upiveisiti' s. Tlic school.-, were no longer Hie pre-s-iws <j| the wealthy. 'Ihe tech-ni>-al cdue-ation tsystem and the vote had also been enormously extended. The number of .students holding free places places in technical schools last year was 1.>.0.51. The expenditure in education aniouatci to £lii,lß-j. The Government expected great advantage to accrue to the colony tiom the visit ot its general inspector to other countries. He defended t lie School Journal, considering it would be ace-oinpauied by extensive benefits. Referring to the outbreak of plague in Auckland, he said the manner in which the Health Department set about combating it jiiatih'ed the existence of that Department. ~ Vs to tne Land Hill, he denied Mr Mas.sey'j iinseitioii that no (Mr Fowlds) was the real author' of it. Mr Massey had calle.l him-a Sovilalist, bnt he wo7ild rather be one Ihan uphold the present system. Mr M tssey threatened -that the Lund Bill would not be parsed unless he was nrst caiiied out ot the Housr». Thbt was the threat ol an Anarchist. Parliament and ihe Government would do its duty even lo the extent of carrying llr Massey out on a sti etcher. (Laughter). There was a god deal ot genuine opposition in Auckland i<> the Bill, but Hindi of that was duo to misrepresentation. There was not the slightest ju-,1 i'ication for tho assertion that the Hill war- an attack on the lreeholel alieady pxiMing.