Mr ArkWright at Makino

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 2271, 6 August 1887, Page 2

Mr ArkWright at Makino

a 7'j-j— ■*--«^— — — - Mr Fi Arkwrfgfit, one of the candidates fpr -the fßhngitikei seat, add^^ed |a m^tin v g] of the electors at "tEe Makino Vjßqad^fichoolhouse en Thursday evening last. jThere was a ▼cry large attendance, including several ladies. Mr Fry was voted to - --^imair-rand-iu a Jew . biirf ' -wi-Bturfci introduced the speaker. Mr Arkwnght^d hejl-fould^hp aa brief and 5 as much to ihe point as * npossihlniTiin , his addiwssi i and > hngan by allpdiu^f to fhe wmtiofii of affairs at the oe^nning_ of 'the last parliament, j, He the .promises held out. ly the then V__i_|^jy t reform, and' t^e'disappoihtmeht the country, h^d, experiepcea. -„ They wero .going/ I<> bf a pj^dent andecononucal government, but ii_it^ of t^t fhey had been quit^ ; the reverse. He dwelt particularly on.the tOT-___t£^-libw- * ■'«*»• Vf iff •_*•? f VLI __7 • ''.?>•___• ■m-'Xmffli • ances to Mitosters, **^flh!_ta<L been about £l^eOO m6re ttuin during the i ter^ of the providus wvenimeAi He ' thdlrght Sir Julius Togel ought \o be * called upou for some explanation, also 1 on the. extravagance in the matter, of F the di B Wtrad ways, the purchase of [ .-^i^vesitesfor'thelnsuWric. De--1 pa*rl-iJ_e-4 ; <amoTO to some £85,000 r and in some instances I us^leß^Mbuildings -had) been bought for far more than their worth. Other •l -__-st-tfe_sl6f iMioisteriat extravagance \< swefeoj- Mentioned, u. Hoj ,7i hOwdver, *? s blamed* the; ; House - toi some v extent - for the, extravagance, .as they, had [ heenvtogilaxand^ ti upautho^ifled pjmenditure of Ministers r There ought to ds_%j^i^ <d£rotoSnd unimpeded control of the House over , the .G^yernm^*t in r .ff^ding the *» country's money.7 There was too : much- carelessness in rthe ma%f . of * the votes^fp-t; various pur-poses; For ' instance he did' aot' __ihk : Mr Bal- ' lances vfllagd _eftle__.n. scheme . would have passed had the members ■ looked thoroughly at the matter i on all sides before voting on it. Mr tl ArMwright cited s«ne of t_»_t£ula- »;• tions! of ithecfc-somo: andupoint§|r^ut I the monefcrow -pri<# charged for the * land under some of the provisions, 1 the absurd inconsistencies bf them, * and the utter impossibility of men . making- a living for them* elves; «id 9 families - under such , a, aj^'f-feV. _«t > Mr B^dknce try it for himself, and -" by tbe end of ,tbe statM term he would be a sadder and wiser msn, * what there would ba left of him 1 (laughter). The proclamation of the [ scheme wound up with '* God } save the Queen," but he thought it was „ more likely to be " Gtod help the poor j settlers" (applause.) Borrowing was c . next alluded to. . He ( did- net. approve c of paying the regular and' necessary* expense, out of borrowed money. It '• was all very weU to, say we cpuld'nt L> ' do without borrowing, but the timo * would ' cOme when we ? must. We : couldn't do without it altogether for b _cmc time*, but we ough. to-jrat our i finances on such a basis as to be mrr dep.n_eni 7 There must be retrench- -" f ment. . >He r would ; -_ begin. with, the > DwfencP, j where a great > reduction , .might be made, though he would not ; ; interfere with the Yolup^r poirjonni j .but 'rather' encourage '%.\. Sir ,C&ofge .^ ;■ Whitmore had three tiihOß too" miich '* t gold, lace, and too much was being ! spent on the so-called Permanent ; Militia. The 'Frisco maU subsidy ■ should be greatly Vreduoed or done : away with. There %as far too muoh I. expenditure on ininingaffairs, items : of extravagance in : which were instanced. There-had also been a good i deal, of ministerial jobbery, about 1 nunij*t£ .^matters.. ; 7jTne C^eraa^s \ salary, J ought ' '„$ K. }$ X t r^vtS^ __ ; r jlo | ' £$,000, j, jlimst&s^ ;i_&irMoetf ~ X'<mt \ down, and a reduchon shd^d he made in | the honarana of members to". J. 12& vf-Hne i that cf the Legislative Council should be ' outoff^td^*fltor. l Cp*^dejrablp;i^ucti^ | __ight r be .made in the Educational De--1 pi^en^^ie^umyMi^fit^T^^e [ M^fes/sjhpulAbet^phApm.tiM,seoonf 'dairy; and applied to the *p*r_hn(_ry. _*Ho * wo*_ld=W^^toim r im^^v*^ . reserves. Ca^p^tien^sndvld not baal- ; lowed for scholars-who have passed the ; f oui^7_ta_i_aid,Llwhi(A7he j enough fer ordsiuary pprppses. He would V not withdraw the Vcapitation for children . under sevennbnt he wpuldrnot savertt&r I those under six. He did not;see why the i IMucationßoa-^.shoiddnbt b©_l^_^ > and , the committees made (hroctiy rosppn- : to tie Dti^ai^ent;- B^ < in the several lihes > he ihad pointed out i war-*theT»bcy^-iir-^wouler-_dve^e-_. , .elected."' Mtf Arkwright bdieved Aaf a : great many of our-difliculties hafjfbeen ; brought about by our in ) great a hurry in deyejopihr the Colony. . Me.diA not want . to: seo.-New Znahyiila ■ wealthy, but a happy Wna'pro-perbha I country^^Efl^d.-#*w^ i could we say it-was prosperous and j happy^i: Be -had been surprised toastife ] a local journal (ffef Fexldino...StA^i Bomet-_ngtotheeffeott_at_«hadbe_a^aia ; -uxd_arl^to!__^._^M ! He oould>M^y.sav K .ands-w^s su&AEr j Bruce himself would say, that he had not done-sb 1 in* __tywde. °__ ojfpdmAg bim at ! this election, _o*rthey perfectly underj -stc-d^-e-obr JO__er f*Mi---^£:-_it^£.Ki|^ Arkwi^ht then- brought toa ol«^e a very | interesting address,. .whioh was listened ■ to jnt^j^t atteptipn. ..-.. ,:^ r , . ... v{ -% I " The o__uii-^-m;Baid7it was open to airy j member ofthe' meeting' im- i_k the candidate , questions, .TNene, . however, ware 1 snW_«8»;"-" ! ! - ■ *<-• "-■' * ■{* . * . ;Mr Baker proposed and-Mr -Fr-_Pi i $eth_ridg<Bl seeraded a b^uty vot^ |>f tnanks to Mr^ArkwnghJJ jrad tli^vAs ; ,ea^ed.*afla-_dmou^y..l>i;i^;/iy)'j A 7? . A vote of thanks to the (Chairman on ! the me^on of MrAjk^ght bencluded a i most successful- meetiiigV'