FORGETFUE OF THEIR DUTY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1491, 27 October 1885, Page 2

FORGETFUE OF THEIR DUTY.

The JFWi m referring to Captain «RtrssWs motion k for : reduction /of public works expenditure by half T-a?. milltoni'vrrit©B:-r-»{ ,: i ; .•■■'■■>"• ■•<:! ;, ."It will no doubt be interesting! to? *tlie*' inhabitants; of: Auckland and Wellington to, have the premier's i authority; for the fact that these districts will have ;to bear the brunt bfCap,tain Russell's raductioh m priblic works expenditure. ' It will lespecially gratiry- the' electors' m these' provincial districts also to reflect' 'that it was throughrthe^Qteg of itheir own ; i 'representatives that Captain Bussell's [ motion was carried. Never _was a lot of Northern members more completely belfoWd^tiiak' 1 wefej 'MisT ported the most unwls'e redtictibn. They had not any real idea of what they were doing, and, ithe: astute 'Canterbury! imenio bers,]who used and manipulated them as necessary tools ;an / tlid.^ratifi9atiqn.f of theirjdeep revenge' regarding the East and West Coast Bail way, flattered and cajoled them finest .effectually. Now, Mr IiANCiE ha* set the example of laughing them>; If ! any .qt these North? Island patriots have', read speedhesj^smcjL the^essipii, Hhey^*mu§t ."' ' feel ihotpugii^s^ ! into fhe* trap |ef fbr^fjhem, ''and^li^l'f |the CaiAerbjjrjr^faetnbera i to use^em jui^ the way Teeyaid. The'Canterßury' nfeni-" bers,jin fact, do not ; now atterrjpt to conceal Jtheir contempt for 'the* tools they used; ancU they., chuckleimos^heartily. overHpp'Jna^V^ whjch tlig $¥$*} erp. j members greedily swallowed .t\{f bait held* before next winteE^s tlie-eleotors of th| North will more fully appreciate • the enect of what, their* Fepreaentatives heWd'to '-accomplish, and 'will oe ableta 1 . estimate correctly the . amount of gratitfide due to these gentlemen^' ■We H may .here, agjiin; i refe 1 p ll fcoi3t^e, /act lb.at ; pnr.; raembpi;, •s!■, >iMA.CAah thor, strenuously opposed /.Captain • Russbkl's mp^on^ , ; f«r€Sßjß^ng> its, Xp,-,, evitrfblg.pQnß^guenflfis carried, n 'ifpd i the other West Coast^m^raberfi , acted; "simi I nrly th^.ir jqpnsjbiiu^nts, have been,, better pleased.'; " :Tnere oan b;e n\i douor f to beUtten^^^Miwis^ou^resni^,' though tlie ' fail 1 eßeb^s'^itr nbt i># experienced until, rneit winter} »m---less something shoul^turn up unexpectedly m the meantime./