POLITICAL NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 3, 1 June 1885, Page 2

POLITICAL NEWS.

MR MACANDREW AT POBT CHALMERS. ! (united pbbss association.) Dunedin, Friday. Mr Macandrew addressed his constituents at Port Chalmers this morning, and received a unanimous - ote of confidence. He deplored the centralism which existed, and believed no form of local Government could be satisfactory under that system. He still thought something [ might come of his motion for the Croft- | crs. and he advocated that the same facility proposed for them shoujd be given the unemployed m the Colony. He did not, believe the Government, wpuld call out tip Militia without the sanction of Parliament. It was not his intention at tha end of the present session to seek re-election, owing to the hours at jWhich Parliament sat. If it conducted its business during the day he might alter that determination. As a means of removing the depression, he advocated !> a' 'State Land Bank, which could be worked m connection with the Land Transfer Department. . ,[■:■'■:,_■ t Blknheim, Saturday. Mr Dodson, M.H.R., addressed his constituents last night. He avowed himself a supporter of Major Atkinson, but would give careful consideration to the measures of the present Ministry. He strongly condemned Sir Julius Vogel's financial policy, but approved of Mr Ballance's land and native schemes, and considered that the land tax was undesirable m a young country where half of the adult males were land-owners He preferred the property tax, and advocated the Catholic claims to share with the education vote, and severely criticised the present system of Education. He thought that the growth of larrikinism and prostitution might be due to State education having lessened parental control.' '"A vote of confidence was passed. . ._. . AncKLAND, Saturday. Mr T. Thompson, member, ' for City North, addressed his constituents tonight. He expiessed his regret that the present Government was not formed on purely party lines, and saw no hopes of it next session, or indeed m the present Parliament. He bitterly denounced, the district railways purchase scheme, .and deprecated the enormous defence expenditure through the war scare. He thought the expenditure should have been extended for a series of years. He "was averse to the annexation of Fiji to Zealand, and preferred federation of the Empire to federation of the Australasian Colonies. A vote of confidence , s waa unanimously accorded. ••■■•»