Occasinal Notes.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 85, 24 February 1876, Page 6

Occasinal Notes.

;i'.'..Ji is 'of the^utrndst-impo/tan^ tteWe'* ; $% definitive] ft'lilfer W. ptiMWUbMi* [ iks&> $e !lJ sh'bitia ; end6aypr^ '6'f ; affairs 1 W : -unjdpp..'th^jaeV -rsJiijh[&!*: J Tfte 3 cryde-an'd ;I 'i.ndejfimte^',^ .scHemei l^tPo^uced^by^vVay^BF teon'-' " s^ubtion, readers It : Wwe ver; ; :%' j VdtfJ* ii'ffibuirlta^k ' ;.to "' apprep&te ' * w<itli Js^iay:r&iatfftty j '^e !j; charaete^ W- ,' thatj ; 1 ' ;is : ytoi gtfp/platnt^'Prov'ificitili ; Goyerninen#"a&'d * Cbii n.d^lsl'" £ • 1 rfn. 1 1 facty* 'mpugH' .Jas£ 'session 1 'bf^aMi'ambii^'t-h'iaP' provinces; ! j#&re bbn'ditioWally \ 'k^oiislidd;" -little 'qr.nothiiTg i '^ras dbrie in' thW'^ay 7 pfi; 'ir'amingvapd' settling Jth'e; plan* -6f' a'-'new " c .popstitutidrt.]. ; : Most of us hWe ( ! sl\ l Very ■ jsloudy^ jcle(( Jfie , 'nature ?6F fche- I TfifcW ' and j ar§i .prpcliided ft'om^'estioiaSn'g how-frfrlit'ls^ likely' to 'be'; satisftct6rj;6r l jbhe;^'oiitrary. I'jlada new!c,onstftuitiori 'b' t eeif ?! at "tin'ctf* .'modeli^~say ort that .of.Victo^ia^^e I (Pppyince.s. ! ;^ aiicPbdeh I ? repla^ced"|i)y if coun.ii^s| ytfe -should'^havei' ; t been' r a^i^ , Jsuibstantiabili^y , jiri -"' the r> iieiv- "Vcn^erffe.' This Ho wever ' ; the G'over'n^hiGnf r seHeiiie* f didjnot.. iirimediately' c6n:te^rplatey^ v lt'',was nojt' prop6sed : to cdnstitute'cWntie^ 1 by the^ci; but 's.eVei'arpf f the 1 ' JElpad boards' , were^to'be^alliowed'^ -a-' = fu.:ture.',p"erio|j to 1 and becpme^a county. 1 ■. The^ormafiion !; ; pf coun ties.; riij^Mt s " thus ; b.e'in'akfi'iiife'l^ postponed. ! u A'i'simirac :i; ppweF';° ? exiks ,under ' tlie /^^B;.;Sliite^ !jS kb^;s£gi^ij' [several years since^' bu^the-- H6ad 'Bdkr'ds - ; .in o tago liav^ 'n'eyei' ! ; \ri ■ : a v 'smg'le !<) ih^stance ayailect themselves.' -of- ta6"p'6'vfdrr '/hey h'ave'pbt' so;' 1 becktise 1 * 1 there ..was no particular .reason '6r itiduicemeW; ,tq incline tHinl'tp;;dd : ;'so/ ' 1^' 5 rQov.erinip.ent ' measure is fbF^a [nugatory '- } ■charac teV j ; the r 'A^fc'^rdfefes;^ ty "a'b'&lish'...tli'e prbym^es ? ' :i aji(i. !;ye^ d^s^ no' ; ■ sudh ! ' t^ing ; .' '.';' The " Apt lieiaves ; ;tt 5 6 v pr6viilbes 7 'intpct, and' merely attersVthe 1 ' iia r frie ; of , province to; that' of 'Provihpifil ; Distiiicf /; .all ; tlij?., powers - ' granted by f he ; ; Cohsti- 1 tutipn > Adt;-,t6 ! ;an:*elec I tyd Siiperiii'tfindent and ." \ :Cduricil \ \ feiii^^ iratfsfe^rfe'd: - J tp a'' 1 ' of 'G'oVerninerit.. j 1 ;' It ; ! w > a t s fJ sug { iT ■ geste& '.^"that I ; 'electfed^ Bdtfra J '6f^ljTOk^ sh6uid>eplape^Vfie^Cbuncil t s'; <:; l) t ut !C! th 1 6re" v is no ; mention of ; such\Board s ' bf. Works- • in the Aboli^nVA^ .are to b,e abolished |and' ; ? 'thd' la r t|ey-A f ct ; iremain un'rlpea^lyj ,'tlie nW J Fa^ameni ; jwiil have .ne,?t| ; s^ssib^a. mb^f '. 'arduous 0 . and'diffipulV tas^^'tb' perform, -in' r ',tbef i „m a t ter , oi* t 'f rain ing a ; : n'ejy ; -C pns'titutitin 1 / .tJiitil that' taslc Jis, perform'e'd^'and^a' d'e 1 -.' finite scheme' afra^ed, "the'" people r of the ' Cblp.ny . are'. quite' i'."'^reblu'de& 'from 1 ' ; j udging h'pw far' ; tlie reorgaiiisation :; $f . the body politic is' likely: 't6 ; Lfcfe ; pa"t^W,factqry : or oth^rw;sei o v . lii' Ja : ' Yiiatitey " (if .such importance, haste 'should s : Be'^es- 5 , .che^e'd, '.and v it .\.would ' ; seeni : ' that.; a. ! 'neW:' scile'fne , b : f; -i gWerld r^.ent" not be bbth^^prepared :^nd p !^sseii I•'.nex^ .-session , " Tbiit; ' ra tjibr tlf tft t li'6sbiieme v ..shbuld^ be .settled nex| t s6sSioh';'btit;|^Bt ; ' rbe; brought into" p^eratiptf 'iitttil.tKe s'iicf- { : ceediii g. session, iii : i 'tifder [ ' .tW.enaßfej th°e :: people to. e^press^ a.n t! p^iiSißn; if.f There.', .is V nothing wnat'gyer m;' th^^state* ' •: of; the ,Colony '\vliich' 1 •s'tantaneous ? abolition^ of thte :?; provinces;" ,and, if, |^c, ultimately ; ii^cide/it'o 1 )! abldiis : h'' ; •,th|e prpyinces,. the^po^tpbii^meh^oi o! t|ie J lipelrip^^pf^^^s^spi^l^jferS l^ .peop>re', Van^ ! oppbTrtunity I ,' hbr'juW^iHg^of^ ;the"new: .scheme ' of ; cpn ! |titiition^seem^' . most/;4es)Lr!alile.'' | ' i ' :i . : I ! measure^'q : 'f y ttii^ 1 ; sort ( ; is.; y.ery ,;^ifferent ' , from or'dmarjp leg-jslati'bn'/ J . ,'jEQugh. 1 ,Hv& 0 ,a cprrect'^p'inipV'or.wfi th> ,r r e?ult^ pf l pr6^ fa neyvj sch^eme'is |etl^^nS ; laid f b^or^ 3 ; :tlie' : pdunt'rj,^^cd n"' Mve'." ! an 7f ide^ ffl some .b^tU^-^onsemieiice's *bf J "atf3lf£iofiP' :/rhat:;tiie; piagfc la^'W^wili'^bW 1 g'en'pral .revenue and" Ye 5 ! sucpi,' _''?jee'ms j'cefia|n.:' . A'n'^cf ; li*arl|'a-". •nient.niay .at 1 fir'sV profess to r j[p < caHse th'e r ' 'Jiti '■ .the", jGl.en^ral .'Governno^ntfmay^'sq'pn .!pleadedj'as,:a y^so^ :^v^ : t]de/'T6^^Ll ii} oV 1 niqdificatip^' .of fsu'cH.., an" Act,' rßo'ad^ba^.sWni'b^po^^ i suc.^'a^cHari^e:^ W bdut'stf , tliis ; SUlije^' as| noj to ,1)e 'rei-arjied |in a t! selfisli, a a^icf ;unp ; abiptjip ; ' J manner.' ( ! u ; lCi's fipweve. r ;° cjrery doijib;tful; : w,ii^iier '^h ; 6 Ho^dii's'aT « tion of" revehiie;by!M v lGj[ieiialJSßVeW- J ' ;,ment,;iS'asf,ben ( efieiaUto ? ;the t (301.0.ny aß' v i ai whole<~iß^ injb.theif w-prds/, as^erjvjcer!. jableia colonising- ippli&y^fasitheirQlegan. : .tion; ofi !a V poiitioh ! of ;such ! ,- .revenue,; } t.pj Jbcal ; administraUon.' •r ( Thb.ugh < many*p i f f ■ithe: works; done unflei^f thb ?i auspices,^of^ ;the iGeheralv.G;o.ve>jnme;nt;;o ares.of ajinpst;usefub i and- ;, beneficial) charapterivf^tj ri isj 'notorious that the',! jtnojD(etary« -resources ; ;pt:the Colony ihave; to spme^if/npt'.tp/a,. ■'considerable extentj!b6en;),wast«ji-inrj;l^[-,.ddingv:6f3wprkß-,?not.am'mejdiateiy IE necesnJ •^ary^fanda retui^n^QA tfeei^o.ut^a.y $&. r ;whibh:.dß -likely v ton beiilon^vj delayi^di,] fGerierallyj speaking ih a iffmM fjds& ir &j imoreio likely-. toTflb^MeGonpjmifiaJjyn^^ ; ministered?^ jth.au .a»lai!gefplie.oo^>st?lis£. rnpre likelyDtOi.occup.rwhe^jthie GLQn.eritif '- G.overnm t ent>-Jba|fi.allHthe reyenu^.j.ip^ 61udmg:.th^Jand;ftfundTat( j ii^4ls,p^ tharijwere-;>::PBO>inci^ par|icipat6i;in dtheriadmiftis^atiqig.jofsij^v A-gairiiitiistpmbabl^ij sjiJupdiiQglonisi^gi policy s ito ie;q>enfe tiqii) p£ :ire P yenuS jinf ithattrport^iiij ipf 3 r,th^ c(suriitry£>.fedmi^wjiich; itr 5 jg a p;rincip>p^ fieVive^HQfWe; j;sliQuidi?;con|i^rJ^l^ I??*?™ 1 ?sfTOTTuß>dlish : v jCtovetenmefit^.! vfMqli lenf brce| Vtd^fpgtft; pxteHt !thS /.easp^nifitfire l9o^o vj^tij^f^ jthe Efc,UEces 'frpino Chichi sueh s i -re y^inue} emanates. t1 „ - : .