As Others See Us.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1691, 22 April 1886, Page 3

As Others See Us.

The English and Anglo-colonial papers are not unnaturally much ? ;to understand fthei history lait Wiliamehtary ! s^s«obin New Zealand. For iustance, the British ■ ; Australasian} t/ w h ich is now recognised as the leading author-* ! ity on colonial finance, after, char3^tefMng*\nb' iftefs^ion^as "^one of' the. most memorable m the annals ' of New, Zealand;"' goes bti'^o ssiy: ,— "It was short, but we cannot call to mind an instance whereiu, Uowever ; long the' session, a Government eversustained such a, series of crushing - defeats before! j^'othing they asked for \vas s voted to them. . The"Budgiet ' = was* .'jgnorcil j the ' local gove'rment "schejn^ ! shaiwptiie same fate, <he a'nd.West ; C!oast (Soutbi Island)* "ituilway guarantee was refused ; and bpw'the nevis has reached us to tl { ie r-effc'c^\^lja\ > Jth : e^/niinion..ioan,' which : Ti!i'tlf/eeriasked for purposes of railway consl ruction, defence, anU : so forth, * has been 1 denied. Iris strange that whiehat, the;opening of' tho' session hold a nu.jority, a Govermeiit,. m .whioh . there; •* was nhiloublcd ability,. a (Jovernnient m m which n 'financial, expert of Sir Julius yoJTel'.s,caliiire was;the gniiiin'jf jS^arj'shoujcl .in'tlio shor.fc :sp,i\ceof throe 'jfn'onjihs' have .so ij l tevejy CQllapsed. 'Pufthes'siill,,it is strange th»it. having *sp cailsipsed, the reins -,oF goyernmeut shouidjstili lie m their huncls. Biit thjer^is.no doubt whatever^tha l the revulsion of fceliug against Sir Julius Yoget's^ finanqirtl proposals, .has' ibeen rflie Vnafn cause of this catastrophe. 'He 'came In tp power, 1 astiyear because; lie madej the cojonists.belieye m his finance. ■ f 3Blej,Vsaid,.t<» them.;: *Why Vre you i>ajrjng all. this taxationf? 'I; will sl»ow.V()u : how to. abolish tUe jjr^peity.tax, and^will relieve y^ur local burdens* """as : well.' And . his first* ,nipves were cleyeiv for. he knocked oft' half tlie taXjin qiiestionjanosouverteicl ..tjio 5 pt i v ccinl,. .cpnsols, thereby saving ; the Sinking Fuml. But for .aßudget statemnut we'loii'ifc 'if. we ..ever came ;a.cross, ope showing ...injucji.; greater that dej.yoi el,i 1 Wellington on the I9tli June. But. no %> ords ; qan blind. the ])pop'le,of ,-Kew Zealand to |ive,v«vin) position of '.he property tax •m its' full force, and .the forming of <a ' tariff -ithat would have : raised the jchiJiw jargtJy on alinostf alldescrip:.tjons of irapprted goods. The.Colon y a^Qnjp !<j)olce its niindj.whichiis thisc ! '.We'!, will pay no more taxes- r anil Tgill. /raise : t no rnore 1 , ; loans ; without ,']>eing. : assured; that the purposes for .they are floated .will make /tijjeta.^self^supportins.' Itisra wiso but. the renugnanc^ 6r the, Opposition . to tuke. oflice at the present juncture ..is hardly calcu4 jajteqi. tp:; relieve the , confusion int6 New Zealand's ;political situa T tion has beon, allowed to dijift."