HOKITIKA.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 42, 14 October 1867, Page 256

HOKITIKA.

October 3. There was great excitement in town today in consequence • of the proposal to adjust the liability of the different portions of the Province for the permanent debt in proportion to the Customs revenue received by each. A special meeting of the Westland Sepa* ration League was held this morning. In the afternoon, a monster meeting was held at the Prince of Wales Theatre— Mr Shaw, Vice-President of the League, in the chair. Upwards of 1000 people were present. Messrs. Prosser, Munro, Bright, Barf, and others, addressed the meeting. Every resolution was carried unanimously. The second expressed a general approval of the provisions of the County of Westland Bill, relying on the intention of the Government to give effect to it for the purpose of establishing local self-govern-ment in Westland. The third resolution protested against the gross injustice that would be done to the district by the amendment introduced by Mr Moorhouse, but deemed a release from the domination of Christchurch so imperative that the temporary injustice would be submitted to in the hope of having some alteration effected during the next session of the Assembly. The fifth resolution was that the withdrawal of the Westland members from the Provincial Council, and the dependence of.the. district on General Assembly legislation, demanded increased representation for the district in the General Assembly. By the sixth resolution the Chairman was requested to forward copies of the previous resolutions to Mr Stafford and Mr Moorhouse. The meeting was the most enthusiaslic ever held here. Every mention of Mr Moorhouse’s name was greeted with cries of ‘‘ shame.” The indignation proceedings are to be followed up. All classes were represented at the meeting.—Canterbury Press Telegrams.