MR SPEIGHT, M.H.R AT AUCKLAND.

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MR SPEIGHT, M.H.R AT AUCKLAND.

[press ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.I AUCKLAND, April 1. Mr Speight addressed his City East con titnents to-night. 200 were present. Mr D. H. McKenzie acted as chairman. Mr Speight spoke for two hours and twenty minutes, his speech being principally a review of the work of the session. Ho condemned in strong terms most of the Government meaiu- es submitted to the Honse. The Native l ands Bill vested too much power in tho hands of the Government. He stated that Mr Sheehan had latterly falsified eyery principle which he formerly advocated as a mode of dealing with Native lands. He would resist any attempt to increase the Customs duties, as the maximum of taxation in that direction was reached. The land, as tho heritage of the people, should bear the coat of government, and in two or three years valuable linds would fall into the hands of the Government, which if honestly and properly administered would bear the whole burden He condemned the Charitable Institutions Bill, as legalising pauperism and frightening capital. He believed that the present Cabinet contained some men as pare minded and fitted to rule as ever hold the r. ins of office in tho colony, while others were the very reverse. In response to a question as to if he would again stand for City East, Mr Speight said that his party sent him there, and he would go wherever his party sent him. A vote of confidence was accorded.