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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 103, 3 February 1871, Page 1 (Supplement)

! from:a book written by Sir~Charles |T)ilke, :M.P.. settling'forth his views "on the } Provincial system :—i''The division into Prg? ' vinees was at one, time necessary, from the fact of ti:cse f being distinct and physically . l buboiFfrom each other by the JmpenefrrtbiKty*' 4 of tin; butih and absener- uC nitrouO.»; but. tnV ! (barriers, are;4ov?: surmounted, t.ir.l no sufficient : J reason eon be found for ven eabi- i nets jind ten legislature.-; for a population of j ,200.000 souls. Such in thr costliness of .the > Proyhieial system and Maori w.-ira that',the taxation of the New Zea landers is nine lime* . %s- Irofi vy as that of sieir brother colonists in Oan-ida." Such is the opinion of a member of . House of Parliament. Sincethen, Otago and Southland united ; still we have in theCMiddle Island four Provinces and one County, whereas one Superintendent and..one Provincial Council *-wpuld-.'be quite sufficient to of the whole -of thelVridcQe Islaud. Each; Province has an' expensive staff of. paid officials : now, it must be- „ apparent that if the Provin.crH.nnd County were }■ under one Government, there would be a great ! saving in departmental expenses' alone.: : I' •I would reduce their number and do away yvit.h so many pettyand 'fx.pens.ive < r.overniments... So doubt. there would be,ol>slaeles:in [ the way,- arising out of • so man v., land Lty,.:- .and i *| so" many Provincial debts, but these would be 1 (more than counterbalanced by the solid advan- i :i'tages pained. " ; i ,If returned as-your representative 1 .would do my best* to have repealed, the obnoxious clauses-of the Land Acts. 3for the benefit ! of the "T>ona ,jide, settler, ■' every encouragement -> should be g'.ven to him,and to people wishing to settle on, the land.. I know of, many in- ; stances of men of small" capital having left for other places, from-the.'difficulty of becoming landed proprietors in ;Ofcago. lam in favor of deferred payments. - ; > 'With, reference to,mining matters, I would 1 say ; thiß; industry musf,. be fostered to. the ■ greatest .extent. It is of the greatest importance, , and every exertion' must be, used to bri»£ '.- ' "been'cbinnectedrwitli mining : bbst' p'art of my life, and th« ii'mdstriofc'he'allowed to languish, much less go -; ; down;': P sec 1 ho way 'of accomplishing this but 1 t: by,.-tije Groyerntnenf 'proi-'iding . *vlariie watrer j ; supply to t th'e -different ,X must .'.\sayj have been most shametiilly neglected. A :; commohage not ..having., been' prqflUuu'io/I /for j. shows the neglect, that- fso-Mount. Ida District"has reeeive'd: K wdulSffrupnort tlie v- appoint Minister of Mines, ,w;ho,would have 1 - to inew '-hi* iruiijitituwn!»'. and' ,'giyo/ an aecourit-Mo thr- \ people r: Bf i tljV way, in : whMi' he had djseh'arged /,tko iiiqfpiiUnt, i 'f?bii«do.rln;g tlie very exjsfcei!ee\)^''thy' i .T'.ci ( iouy, depends'-on- it s~go)d'■'inihes',~'th'e mining Vftferefats • ;, , J .deem.it y.o. advaidago; \ •..> bring..humj^aiits' ; , here vmtil ihw vilhiinoxiß clauses!.in .the c 'p,U!-j'e. r j dretls Act. are re.pealedy.-aud- sbdn.!l Xl) ft|>iifc i a system 'of d'ftfer^ecl \ pay.mtmts \ wodtcl eneour- _ jage thespeefly.'seftieynem.'o"f- thp country. i''" ' ""• . • r '' d,'", ;*VJ .*i'*\."ii"' -■ ■'. J.■ .would:be in favor ol' railWay^cco^pmicaJLly.5 * constructed', fcStiiibrd a means of e.heaJ3stransit 4_ not on.ly.to i ..j.)asr.eiiijc;r^ 1 -biii fc-uch.'.!:ua.terial.s as 1 timber, con;, i c, ■ \vhieli! at.pvegenL are im- .. ] ; >orred ; ii\>uVother plae,t-!>. ~.:. ■■;..".-.> ••■■-• . .... r '-jv •-■;"," ' ' '"- '-"■■' ,u • ~-' 1 f :i the separation of the Middle"l'sland from the g-- North tthiug to -be deaired, if procurable. 'v I would, at all events, .IJO' 'what 1 could- to if secure to .each .'lsland.', the...'spending of its e "owniaViiieyV and that, the -North pje no longer ;•' allowed to loaf on.'the Pou'th. y I .would also yciw.much like Xo see a Bill inc{ troduced by which workmen'e wages would be ,'f secured by.a lien on the work done, and that no Bill be passed by the Legislature until it -has been submitted to the people.; a ■■.-■"■ -'• - [1 I hope to have an OJjportunity of addressing 0 you at greater length,oll the "different subject! ... of public.-.interest. But, if these views are consistent with yours, and I have the honor to '■■ be returned for this Oonstitueucv, you will iind j my.actions consistent with my professions,:and ' that I will ixfge them to the best of my ability f_ in their proper place. " ; '.

I am, G-entlemeii, Your nbfnijioiVf;'*??, JOHN P. A-]mSTE<W ST; BAKIANS.. >^ EMSTROKG Vv'JU; AI>I>KESS THE ELECTO RS. OJF S7. BATH AK S lira. I^SJAJ^l'', K 0 T 1 OK : BE&WNB Itidetied '\' ri ]ti).iMs Pager .are requested 1&' r\ " '-'Sptiletheirresp.ective^AWcounik\ iZIT fori'fimih.i . ; :.\r ■■:■ ■^'•-«^ :