THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

Evening Star, Issue 4218, 2 September 1876, Page 2

THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

The meeting at South Dunedin last night “to consider the present political crisis and the future of Otago’’ was held in the School- . house at Forbury, attended by about fifty I, persons, and presided over by Mr Maloney, 'the Mayor. The first resolution was moved by Mr MTkdoe, who said nothing new, but attacked certain members, whom he hoped, now that the Ministry was broken up, would not succeed in getting a Resident Magistracy or anything else, as the reward of betraying their constituents. # Mr Naumakw, who seconded the resolution, was not a thorough-going Provincialist, but he did not desire to see Otago’s wealth feeding the hungry General Government. They could not do better than retain the Provincial Government until Parliament was prepared to replace it with a thoroughly well worked out scheme.

Mr Barbowmak, who moved the second resolution, considered if the Province's representatives were beaten at every point, they should be recommended to~rete?nln a body and call together the Provincial Conn* cil, or aome otherassemblage, for thepurpose of determining what was the beat method of Government. . Mr Hallioan seconded. Mr OaMOfTD proposed, and Mr Caret seconded, the third resolution, which was carried unanimously, as were the first and second. Messrs Halligan, MTndoe, Barrowman, Maloney, Naumann, Carey, M'lntyre, Jones, and Eager were appointed a committee of action, in terms of the third resolution, and on Mr Eager’s motion it was resolved to forward copies of the resolutions to Mr Seaton, M.H.R., to Mr Stout as M.P.C. for for the district, and to his Honor the Superintendent.