GREYMOUTH.
[From our own Correspondent.] This day. How Mr Harrison, M.H.R., will Vote
re Abolition. HMr Harrison, M.H.R., had a crowded meeting on Tuesday night. He explained that the reason why he v©ted against the resolution of last session was because he had no confidence in that reality, and they were not the outcome of earnest thought and conviction, but the result of piqne. He objected to partial abolition, and to the maintenance of tbe compact of 1856, which, was grossly unfair to some provinces, and caused very unequal taxation. If a broad statesmanlike measure were introduced applicable to all parts of the colony, and making land revenues colonial revenues, he would not oppose it, but he objected to the proposals of the Government, so far as ascertained. After all, the good Government of the colony depended upon administration. No political nostrum could of itself cure the evils, and he instanced Wellington as an example how even provincialism could be efficient and simple. A unanimous vote of confidence was passed.
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Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1663, 17 June 1875, Page 3
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170GREYMOUTH. Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1663, 17 June 1875, Page 3
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