What we Want
We want a Government that will j devote itself to the prosaic task of putting our disordered finances into something like order. The people want peace to pursue the work of colonisation without being kept constantly on the watch to prevent their legislators leading the colony into difficulties. The Government have during the short time they have been in office given plenty of evidence of their determination to abstain as much as possible from experimental legislation. In spite of the depression, and notwithstanding our heavy burdens, the recuperative power of the colony is still very great, and if we could get a few years of comparative freedom from political agitation, a long step would have been taken in the direction of prosperity. It remains very largely, we believe, with the freetrade party to say whether we shall enjoy that respite or not. If they determine to forget the very natural irritation which the tariff has produced, and make up their minds to consider only the future interests of New Zealand, they will confer a service upon the colony which will justly entitle them to the best thanks of the community. — Christchurch Press.
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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 150, 19 July 1888, Page 3
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195What we Want Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 150, 19 July 1888, Page 3
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