MR DRIVER AT ROSLYN.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1952, 27 May 1880, Page 2

MR DRIVER AT ROSLYN.

CBy Telegsabh.] DUNEDIN, May 26. Mr H. Driver, M.H.R. for Roslyn, addressed his constituents this evening. He said that he had entered Parliament as an opponent of the late Government, and he had not seen any reason to change his opinions. He accused the late Government of extravagance, insincerity, and want of organisation. Referring to Sir G. Grey's Dunedin speech, he said the late Premier, as a public man, ought not to go about the colony addressing the people unless he was prepared to lay before them some system by which they could get over the present difficulties. He admired Sir G. Grey aa_ a speaker so much that he would go some distance to hear him, but he would not undertake to believe a single word that he B&id. Sir George had such a beautiful manner of speaking, and tells people so pleasantly how miserable they were, that he made them quite happy. 5 With regard to the railways, he asserted that our sjstem was entirely wrong, and that the only way to make them profitable would be to farm them out on a systematic plan to some American or English company. He defended his own action with regard to the District Railways Bill, and denied the statements made by Sir G. Grey, saying that the Grey Government had made promises in connection with this matter. For two months before he voted for the Bill he had not received any communication or promise from the Government on the subject. He was a free trader. A vote of thanks and confidence was carried.