The Evening Star. WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News and the Morning News. MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1875.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1672, 28 June 1875, Page 2

The Evening Star. WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News and the Morning News.

MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1875.

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Although the people of the Thames have been represented as strongly in favor of the Central Government, they appear nothing loth to avail themselves of provincial help. The residents there have cultivated the American principle of interviewing to perfection, and they have never been deterred by foolish modesty from opening their mouths pretty widely on such occasions. We have not a word of objection to urge against the indulgence of the local idiosyncrasy during the recent visit of the Superintendent to the Thames, but on the contrary we are really sorry that the " disease of the chest" of the province has made their applications bear but limited fruit. But what we do think deserving of comment is the earnestness with which they ply their arguments for provincial assistance, after the gushing terms of attachment to the Central Government at Wellington, and of admiration for every thing thence emanating, in which they have recently indulged. Because Mr Carpenter, one of their members, presumed to think for himself, and did not altogether admit the central form of administration to be perfection's self, they were going to kill him entirely ; and all sorts of terrible menace were flashed on the winged lightning to coerce their member into obedience. The Thames people have recently had better opportunities than most for comparing the frnits of centralism and provincialism, and it is possible that at the present hour they would have as much confidence in Sir George Grey as in Dr Pollen. We can never be sure, for they are an eccentric people and moody at times ; but we really think, judging from last week's deputationising that they would like the Superintendent had money, and that they would believe him capable of administering its expenditure as wisely at least as the General Government administered the spending of the province's goldfields' revenue at Ohinemuri. Does it not occur to the Thames people that it is a little stupid of them to go on lauding Wellingtonism after all they have seen passing before their eyes ? Just now they are red hot over Tairua land-purchases, and they are periodically red hot over Ohinemuri and various other little matters connected with General Government administration. We dp not hear of their bringing out much tidley-winking, ireal or fancied, in connection with provincial administration in those parts. And yet they gush like anything over the idea of having their affairs all managed from Wellington. They would even go so far as to unfurl the standard of rebellion and erect themselves into a separate colony, sooner than sever theit attachment to the beloved Wellington Government, and cast in their lot with the province. They are a peculiar people, and their loves and | hates are a riddle to us.