THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1885, 5 August 1884, Page 3

THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

ro Tin: Kinroit. Sir, — The Government was defeated by a combination of malcontents, and Parliament was dissohed to the gieat public loss, because there were only a number of factions, each incapable ot commandeven an approach to a majority, but poweiful only for mischief when they were united. Of the%e factions that of the Ministiy was undoubtedly the strongest, but analizing the new Parlia nient, the question .irises. Has the relative stiength of parties mateiially alteied ? and the leply must be in the negative, and, thereiore, the aigument niTa\ourot a dissolution temains with almost as equal foice as betoie the election. The tact is, with factions, tads, fallacies, debt, centralism, extravagaries, officialism and over-government, we aie becoming less capable of prudently governing oursehes. Our membeis would require to consider how they can simplify and reform local government, and secure its independence of centralism in functions and finance, and as part of such policy that Crown and native lands should be rated as other lands, and that advances should be made on loan on building society principles (this would meet the present requirements of Cambridge), that the property tax would be without exceptions, and would be local levenue. All these I olealt with in my letter in yqur paper of the 22nd July, By my repoit as chairman of the House of Representatives' Tariff and Industries Committee, in 1880, approved by Parliament, the tobacco industry was to be encouraged by a duty of Is per 1b excise, as against 3s (3d Customs for five years. As three years of that time was lost, it may be well to firmly establish that important colonial industry by an extension of time, say three years more ; also, that the report of the same committee in favour of establishing distillation should be given effect to. There are many more matters I could point out did time permit. — I am, &c, Wm. Aechd. MyRKAy,

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