POLITICAL POINTS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 13, 9 July 1887, Page 2

POLITICAL POINTS.

SIR GEORGE GREY AT AUCKLAND. Auckland, last night. Sir George' Grey spoke last night to a crowded audience. Ha denounced the present railway system in strong terms, and expressed his sympathy with Mr Vaile's scheme,

THE NEW PARLIAMENT. Wellington, Last Night. The Gazette Extiaordmary proclaims the prorogation of Parliament to the 15th July. It is officially stated that the dissolution will take place as soon as the registrars of electors receive the maps of the new districts, in about a week’s time. The Registrars will then have their maps to prepare the rolls.

Napier Telegraph thinks that when the elections are over only Ballance and Buckley will be found to survive. J. Petrie of the Grey River Argus will contest the Greymouth seat. Mr Izard the well-known Wellington lawyer is out for Wellington South. George Fisher will contest the new electorate of Wellington East. Seymour George is out for Parnell. He favors retrenchment, fostering local industries, abolition of property tax, the substitution of land and income ditto, The Lyttleton Times states that the supporters ot the Stout Vogel Government in Lyttleton are preparing a petition to Sir Robert Stout asking him to address a meeting of electors at an early date. Mr Morrison, who is a candidate for Auckland West, gave a forecast of his policy at a meeting of supporters on Saturday night. He announced himself in favor of retrenchment, the abolition of the Legislative Council, or at least the reduction of the number of its members to 20, without the honorarium, and a reduction of the number of ministers to four. He was opposed to plural voting, and advocated the encouragement of local industries and the settlement of the people upon the land.

The rumour that Mr Douglas McLean of Hawkes Bay will contest the Tauranga seat is stated to be untrue.

The Southern Maori electorate will be contested by T. Parati (the late member), Tare Tikao, Hona Paratene, and Tare te Kahu. The Christchurch Press lately invited competitive lists from its readers of names of a suitable Ministry, and the following were chosen by the greatest number : -Sir John Hali, Major Atkinson, Hon. W. Rolleston, Mr J. D. Ormond, Mr M. J. Scobie Mackenzie, Hon. J. Bryce, Sir B. Stout, Mr Montgomery, and Mr Connolly. It is said in Wellington that Parliament will not meet before October.

In the Victorian Parliament the other day Mr Gaunson expressed the sentiment that a Coalition Ministry was a civil conspiracy between two political parties to go whacks in the spoils. A Mr Gibson inserted an advertisement in a Wellington paper, calling upon the electors not to choose a “ professional politician ” like Mr George Fisher, but a supporter of a " statesman ” like Sir Julius Vogel. Mr Fisher replies:—“ This is a low way of putting it, but let us put it in that way, A professional politician I take to be a man who lives by drawing money from the public revenue of the country. This is, I think, a fair definition. I voluntarily abandoned my position on the Hansard staff—£3oo a year for three months’ work—to accept the risk of a severe contest and a seat in Parliament, for which I receive £l4O a year. I make no reference to election expenses, time given, worry, etc. How much do I gain? Sir Julius Vogel, since his first acceptance of office, has received out of the public revenues of this country, in the shape of salary, allowances, and commissiopi, no less a sum than £40,000. Which is the professional politician ? J (