THE HON. MR ROLLESTON AT TEMUKA.
(aNI?BDPBB88,. ASSOCIATION ) '.' ' .i; i-^ ; ' TEMt/KA, Tufißday. T'The. JT° D - MrTWlleston- ftdtlresHerf '" Kis eftnstitnftnts' £o-niifht / He was very. 4r&\ received by a largfd and. attentive andlerioer.? IHe spnke at'Riitbefktilsth fth ibe '^^fesftinn. 1 .' The sttoatiqn -was 1 frausht # -with jtlanwer, but ho 'was 'hbpefui. The Government poiicv'wns protection and itiVginlpnbttc '^rbrk«v' r ip»a»e(l on rapidly Iflir^e loans. The policy was bad m iigttlfjTand'a; bfid time iwas chosen for lit; taxatjffn' ihflrild .; 6nM r ;b« 'for revenue. OaV iVprrowinsj /RhoHW ro no further than the present revenue would provide I tTJS sAf*ree£. \A, millidh a ; iyfearHorrnHeil for ' pijblic . works 1 waßserinnerh, and that shouldf be gradually curtailed. He would Vfrte : fi?r reduction^ when possible*! :Tf|e tiiil»vftvs'.«lready tiijide were not fully utilised: Tlie repeal of the Boaris and* Brido:e«t Act wa? a blunder. $^me Act ofiiie Bndf'wonld yet have to be pafieed, r as bojrpwed ( money ouglit hot^tbf. : '.lwf'i gifJbito^jjdalitieW- He was thorouj? hly oppoled t6the Local Government sobem« of
last session* He- thought the people might do much to help themselves into the land •by 6'o» dpernitibny on the principle ■as Building Societies. Village settlement schemf 8; wpicked /admirably. ; A8 to -the •East arid! West Coast railway, he thought the, concessions m the "act of 1-884 quite as far. as the House could go. After several other important 'questions had' been asked and answered, a. vote of thanks and confidence was .'carried unanimously. . During the spcechi MrRollehton was frequently, applauded. At its termination, he. received' three cheers.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1672, 31 March 1886, Page 4
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251THE HON. MR ROLLESTON AT TEMUKA. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1672, 31 March 1886, Page 4
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