Mr G. Hutchison, M.H.R., at

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 258, 4 May 1895, Page 2

Mr G. Hutchison, M.H.R., at

i •••;•■; -■■■■' ■"» .:;:;,:.:; --^ •;«:!,•■- »•• 1 [PER EBESiS^iBBGCIA*ioK|. '-'■■'■ k - ■' >i- ' Mr George : Hutchispn ? addr^ssed a r meeting at; the Theatre Rbyart^fnightv t ; 'Notwithstanding ., the» incleinent weai ther, there was, a large attendance; mi- * eluding man^<is^ies,<v^iptie major part ) of his address wa»Ußimilar to thatrde- \ livered elsewhere, but he answered a - k '- number of liiin by the Evening News, moßt of them being of a personal -character. . , answer,, : , to one he declined to go into what i occurred between him and 1 piir Hi 'At- : kinspn and &\r' t F^iWhitaker,^ sqiae , • ago, as,'bpth qf them^ were^de^d ? # 1 and'no good 'ojbject could jbeserved Jay re-opening the q.tie'stioni* J *^ He* denied that he was qnihe\6^mp%i''ii^f6ne%' : - ekpenße ' but his bwn; 'or that : he^had recently jrecetved £1000 .for two or three days' worfe'f or the Gl6be ; Eetates- : Company. He , contended that •re-? 1 duetions by the Valuation Court of the value for rating purposes of the Pomahaka sections, from "£4* to £2 justified all that had been said by Ihe OppoeitioD. He approved of the raising of the new loan : at three per cent/ but expressed astonishment^ at the cable r .pM«l!^nt.-: : t^t''J^ : .^i|^-&^dc^kx^l. that when th ; e Jan^ ; liax eight months before it was due he. had three millions of unpledged securities in London. He thought, there must ,be a mistake in the cable; otherwise it , was discreditable to the colony that r: such statements ; should made v^p; influence the issue of the new loan. A vote of thauks was passed at. the close of the meeting;