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Globe, Volume IV, Issue 472, 20 December 1875, Page 5 (Supplement)

These views are directly opposed to Mr. Moorhouse's, as expressed in my hearing. Here are my short notes of his speech :—Sir Julius > mighty genius ; New Zealand glorious future ; more loans ; more worts ; grand progress; no croakers ; (loud and continued applause) ; very oratorical, gentlemen, very, but not sound finance (cheers). This is just like Mr. Moorkouse's previous financial career. Gentlemen, he was turned out of Canterbury for unsound finance (loud cheers), and you know it is true. All this reminds me of the fable of the Fly and the Coach. A fly buzzing along in the air, once met a coach and six, dashing along the road, with horns blowing, &c. The fly dropped on to the ear of the leading horse, and being nicely settled, exclaimed, Oh ! what a grand creature am I ! Hark !to the roaring of the coach ; the blowing of the horns. See my prancing steeds. Oh ! what a dust I raise ! (loud and long continued cheering) Just then, the driver with a flip of his silken lash, dashed the poor fiy into the dust. Gentlemen, Mr. Rolleston was the driver. You were the coach and six. And there sits the poor fly, (pointing to Mr Moorhousc) (tremendous and continued cheers) With reference to yourselves, the city of Christchurch and suburbs, I can only account for the utter silence in which the other candidates leave you out in the cold, by supposing that those gentlemen were too busy canvassing, and trying to get your votes to think of your welfare. I propose to get for you eight important advantages—1. To constitute the suburbs into four wards—St. Albans, Knightstown, &c, into a North Ward; Addington, Newtown, Waltham, into a South Ward ; the villages from Bingsland over to the Ferry Road, into an East Ward ; Junction Station and Cattle Market into Newmarket Ward, boundaries to be defined by City Council and suburbs. 2. An endowment out of the large land moneys in hand to each ward, to enable the City Council to carry out a system of streets, gas, post, police and lire brigade. 3. To put up proper municipal buildings. 4. To give the deserted Council Chamber to the city for a Town Hall. 5. To mske Christchurch the head office of Middle Island Survey, because it is the centre of the island. 6. To bring the rail into the City Council yard, with a central terminus for northern and southern passengers. 7. To hand over the schools to the City Council instead of the Minister for Education. 8. To raise the question of the City Reserves, and claim "compensation. The public-honse cry is to gain votes. Flatly lam against'it on scriptural grounds, and for the benefit of working men. In the name of the Ballot which is Freedom of Conscience, I absolve you all from the election pledges that you may have been betrayed into giving to Messrs. Richardson, Moorhouse, Stevens and Andrews, who have all broken the Ballot. Because if you had pledged yourselves to commit a murder or to rob a bank, it would be far better to break that wicked promise than to double your crime by fulfilling it. (Loud Applause). So again, as I said before, I ask you all on the polling-day to vote on your conscience as you shall answer to God at the last great day of account. Amidst loud and prolonged cheers, Mr. TREA DWELL resumed his seat. Ei.ectoks ! This is what occurred, and all those who were present will confirm it. The false reports of it in the papers, and the fact that they refuse to publish this, show that there is only too much truth in Mr. Wakefield's statement, that somebody is interfering in these elections to crush the liberal candidates. Electors ! Don't believe the papers, but see for yourselves, and vote on your consciences, and not for the bank nominees -—Richardson and M oorhouse. Mr. Andrews breaks the Sabbath to open the Museum and keeps the Sabbath to shut up the Beer-shops. 1 cannot open the Museum or the Beer-shops, because I dare not break the Sabbath at all. ittfl-aM-iIY