WELLINGTON

Evening Star, Issue 4147, 12 June 1876, Page 2

WELLINGTON

i-> ; v.- •:. '’ls .hj 'V j jJsma9 jS.t The Government Bilk bearing upon loofelni ter| iJSneBUI Vi 1 urban government—the latter beingacon-l: whdation, angitis to -, portions ' A<&/ >TKs. .encumbered with clauses regarding mien, fori .election, modes of valuation, etc;,’ thefce matters being, dealt, with in separath upon’.- a hnifortn systeinfor... the! whole Colony. *Tiio adyiceof tiie'CWef. j Juaticeof England to digest anduodify the ; law in thoribugheattiest, arid now is being codified from’ theelection of a beanie,to the appointment Cf. a-Bremienpu Thi whole of 'the Public Wprks and fmini I nation Acts are Undergoing/this process of fusion; the various Harbor. Ao£s theuameif aI am not kite that this principle of/unJ- i fortuity ‘is ',au unmixed advantage. . I staud strongly for one Parliament and one General Government with justice brought to leveiy - ; ' man’s door, but this accomplished, eaohtOWft • and district should be left to vrorkjoutitlf* destiny In its own wigs It is pot desirable' n oven if it were attainable, to make the local , j govermnentTjfxme bo like a you would hot know the difference between | them../ These ought to. be .room;for. toe ~ ' developtmerit of low! idiosyncrasies and.. ■ feelings, with: a healthy, gexki'ous, rivalry in progress between different towns and districts. • - I need hardly say that, drith this Government ardor for nuiformito, your elaborate rtr Municipal Bill, with its. four ,hrit|dj^ r tod I one clauses has small o&arice , of b&ojtyuq| .l . , iak> to. come under < Council have**to ■be Jdeslfc with by itaelE The Dunedin Bill appears to have been i drafted with-mndxoarg andpams, but “what — are we to make of intenminable length as (for example) IS, 131, -and others which ought to haye been broken £ if hot into separate clauses, at least intog /. sub-sections. This is now the style" of English Acts, and it has the great merit of perspecuity. Besides,' Acteof ParHameht ' 1 are now pointed according to their obvious :.. intent and meaning. . ; v 3 I may mentipn that the proposed cipal Corporations CkmsoUd&tiDn Act mAk& ample provision for borrowing for local ,/ , public works, with. the. sanction ■ payers,,which mail oases muMjta.MMMlti obtained—a restriction which. .foiRB • people i * will not like, but which uppeaH t. i wise. I wonder, howeirer, whtoß .alldm/ y money is to come from-: Duuedin wonts L200,000j. : Wellington, ; *L30O,OOO; Auckland,. 1,800,000; and others towns consider- • able sums; not to mentioU the millions ■ required by the Generaliiovermnent. There-' wm be thegreen" before idfthe * & borroWbrs'Sio satisfied. *'• f‘ : « .•<: 'lfo.# r ‘ ■ The Houses of Parliament are swept and' garmshsd for the coming, guepts, the awn< f ,aro c ljere, morning, bat b - the iLona streks oi wsothemi fThe ItesßMr Will lypuy artlvu to-night, r