WELLINGTON.

Evening Star, Issue 3586, 20 August 1874, Page 3

WELLINGTON.

[By Electric Telegraph ] {From our oion Correspondent) August 20 The debate last night was tame. Mr Jackson supported the Government, instancing the state of the Waikato und-r their management as bsing eminently satis factory to the settlers Mr Bryce also supported the reso'ivji’ons, siyipg the outlying distiicfa were thoroughly dieaat ; sfie<l. Mr Webb Kaid there was no excitement in Canterbury about the matter. The people in that quarter, when they understood the rrs dutions, would cordially agree with them. Mr White made a m untebank’s speech. He threatened the Government that if sent again to represent the West Coast he would have to be accompanied by a squad of tbe armed constabulary. He prepted greqt amusement hy urging that Mr ’Vogel should' bo proclaimed Dictator. He said that we have had one Julies Caesar, why not haVe another Julius ? Mr Richardson made a tolling speech, completely destroying tbe arguments of Messrs Gillies, Reid, and others. He said he did not’place the slightest reliance on Mr Gillies’s asser ‘ tion that Otago only paid L 6.000 for the cost of supervision of works amounting to L6oo,ooft, The Colony compared' most favorably with tfle Province.” fa Otago tfle expenditure for the year was over a quarter of a million, besi les imported material, and though the cost cf supervision voted was L 5,600, over L 6,000 had been expended Two and a-balf millions was now voted for expenditure in the Province, which would require additional assistance; He had taken a vote for a new appointment, but probably it would not be made.— (Mr Gillies: “Oh !”) He only wished he could get men; but he would only have good officers. So long as he was at the bead of the department, he woulfl make suitable appointments if he could j because ip the interest of the Colony it was neqessary comparisons should not be made between Colonial and Provincial work. They were capable of* proving too much. In his travels through Utago he saw things which did not agree with Mr Gillies’s assections. The Provincial hj ngineer of Otago was an uncommo ly good engineer—as bard working an officer as could be got, but he was expected to do ten times more than the Province could properly require. In many directions tfle engineer cqulfl pqt gpt pe§r the works fop wephs } therefore, jt was impossible they could receive proper attention. Speaking to the resolutions, he said Canterbury was in favor of a simpler form of Government, and was only prevented from carrying it out by Provincial caucuses in the Assembly. The Southern Provinces would not be douched while they did their work well; but he thought the popular fqeliqg wquld floop ipsijjb on q change there. ).u supporting tbq resolutions, they only pledged bon. members to a second reading of the Bill. Mr William son charged the General Government with misappropriating moneys voted for Auckland. Mr Richardson stoutly denied it, saying it was done by previous Governments, Mr T. B. Gillies gave this a flat contradiction ; but Mr Richardson maintained h>g statqmenf, Seyeral Spqthgro members go home on Tuesday.