The Globe. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1874.

Globe, Volume I, Issue 75, 27 August 1874, Page 2

The Globe. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1874.

The session draws rapidly to a close, and the members, as if to make up for the amount of unnecessary talking during a great part of the time they have been sitting, are passing the Bills they have still before them, without any discussion to speak of. Mr Vogel and his Government have proved their power, and the possession of a majority of votes which renders it impossible for any opposition, in the present House, to make a stand against the dictator and his satellites. The question now arises as to whether we shall have a dissolution of the present

House, and whether the country generally will have an opportunity of expressing its opinion on the important motion which Mr Vogel has carried in the House as at present constituted. It is more than probable, wo think, that the country will endorse the action taken by the promoters of the motion, and Mr Vogel might find himself meeting a new House, in which he could command an even larger number of obedient servants than in the one now sitting. He may, however, go on the old principle of preferring a bird in the hand to two in the bush ; and if so, we shall not have a dissolution if Mr Vogel can help it —which amounts to saying that we shall not have one until the time of the present House is up. The note of warning to those provinces which have still a spare land fund has been sounded, and the next session will most probably see the attack on the Canterbury and Otago land funds commenced, and we fear, finished as well. There can be no question or doubt on the matter. That the attack will be made, is as clear as noonday, and if for no other reason, Mr Vogel would make the opposition of the Superintendents of the two Southern Provinces a theme, showing the obstructiveness of the provinces in question, and command his obedient following to vote for their extinction. No quarter can be expected from the Government in power now, and the fact of the provincial executive having been saving and economical, is only one cause of the onslaught which we may expect. The province has a very |large balance to its credit just now, and it is just possible that if this balance had not been so large, it would not have attracted the attention of the money spending government which now rules over New Zealand. The amount, however, is worth getting hold of, by some means or other, and the consequence is, that we must look forward to the sweeping away of the province, if the money cannot be got hold of in any other way. What we can do to prevent this fate, no doubt will be done by the party who do not bow down before the financial genius of the present Premier, but nothing can avert the destruction of the province for any length of time, and it will be wise to make the best terms we can at present, lest a worse fate befall us at a later period. It is possible that, by some judicious diplomacy, and by working in concert with each other, the members for the Southern provinces may be able to retain a voice in the expenditure of their land fund, but if they are to vote against each other, they will only be another exemplification of the old simile of the “ bundle of sticks.”