The Manawatu Times. WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1878.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 82, 24 July 1878, Page 2

The Manawatu Times. WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1878.

BEFpRE the next issue of jfi the -Times is m the handsof our readers, :tke iThird, Session, 'of the Sixth Par- _ liamerit "of Me)y; ; Zealand. ■ been opened, and' '£lie policy of the Ministry, as foreshadowed m. the Speech*, placed before, the •■country. Material ' changes ... have, taken ..place m, t the personnel ''. of the'" House :of 'Repre- ' sentafovjes . siuee ['."'its' l&kti [sitting on -thb ; iOwi. of p.epejm^er,- . arid thejpe rhaye ,iWen bftOr inany.!yacaiicie^!njajde .";anH' filled* during the Jlecess,- thaii^; an; impossibility .toi-name: rwith -any- degree o£- certainty the ?exa^-po'Bi'tibn ; me'inbers v will ( ' t ta i lt6- up Jerri jthe; I ' fetiches, of 'tfKe'Hbu'sie:- ;Of "ibis, "'!/h'owj3yerj'\th^r'e t j;.' : can: : '',fte;/\no_ ; y 6ubt>,'; J £hiL£.'l;he ; G-oyernmen t; pn ter • bDonythe Gpming, Session' with ,fa(r greater numerical strength atftheir back m- the ofvpting power, than at the prorogation, •while 1 the Cabinet uas been materially strengthened by the addition ot the Hon. Robert StputJ',as' Aittop,ney-G-enieral. ; Taking „a retrospect of .the p6si- • tibna of the members, ,,in the past Session, it may be calculated that Sir George Grey can safely count upon the;folloYvmg'iri Kis train -—Messrs. Baigent, jßallance, Barff,. Bastings,, J. E. Brown, J. C Browiij Bryce,' Bunny, CarringtOii; r ©e '3Jautour, Dignan,, ijrisher, .Gi^borne, : Grey, i--H[amlin*, Hislop, 'Hojdgkinspn, Joyce, 1 Kejly, MacandreWjMacf ariane, Mont- : jgomery, Murray, Nahe, Q'jßorke, Pyke, Sees, Seaton, SheeKan, Stout, ; Shriinski, Swaiißon, I Taiaroa, Takar mojana, ToTey Thompson, Wakefield, Wallis, Woolcook; besides the ' following 'ne.wly-.elgctea 1 members, Tupnbuil, Barton, .Moss, Hobbs, George, 3a\inders,. Eeeyes, and Feld,wick. On, the ppppsitionßenpKes will probably be seated :.. Messrs. Atkinsoii, Beetham,,, ; . Bpwen, Qurti,B,, 'Dduglas, Pitzroy, Fox, G^ibbs, Henry, Hunter, Hursthouse, John- :- stpne, Kenny, Maclean^ Moorhoiise, , Morris, Murray, Ormorid3ichardson, (Richmond,. Rollestph, Russell, Seymourj. Sharp, Stevens^ SuttonyTawiti, 7 .Teschihaker, Wason, "W'Kitaker, and' 'Williams. ' JProra this it may be seen ; that ... the Government will have '/ar large majority, .but it is understopid ■ that, a vigbrpus ..Opposition,; w-itjb: [ . possibly Mr ;E6xias/the leader; is to organised; but a strong healthy Op-: position;! is one.oli^he, greatest saf en guards to good and.sound (qrpyern^. ment, , and .as long as ,if dpes not degenerate 'into 'pure factiousness, Ts ; more a . matter. , .for . ppngratulatipn' than bth; erwise.; 'By the way, as to thp representatibn of this ' particular constituency. >It wouldiappearlthat the : present member is, •d^ermined that he shall^also be the future member, having hbtified his intention pf stilTretainirig his seat, uultess very strong influenoe is brought forward to induce him to' change his uiind. Unfortunately there appears to be an idea prevalent amongst electors that this is. rto .be the last;. Session of Parliament,'. and consequently it would be unwise to. re-: Mr Johnston to resign' so^lbse uppn a. general electibn, and *ii is for tli^t reasbnnb^adtiipn "has-been taken, m .the matter. We have to inform those ; who are of thatopiriion ithat such is not the case, as three, more 'Sessions will have to --he held before ' Parliament will' expire by efflu'xion of. time, and the, good working ma-" jority which, , we. ; have; shown the Ministry to possess, precludes the supposition*, that -Sir George, , Grey. ? will be necessitated to" a.sk His Ex,r'cellenc.y.fpr.£V, dissolution . ; Althougli the last may have bo^u the. most important Session 'Bince "the 1 introduc-. u tibn of responsible Government, on { account of the great constitutional changes which/ were wrought ; still' it cannot be denied that the Qoming

! one wit!. !;j i.\u^!u-i'i""\'. b\':c>:Ci-l i:o i low i..-olo!iv sit lni'go. The programme to bo put before tlio L'tKinuy by Ministers will ho subjoctod to severe criticism and test, and iis many of the measures to be introduced will no doubt be well tried m the crucible of discussion bofore becoming law, anything but au inactive Sitting may bo espseted. No one Avho kno^sMr V7alter Tohnston could for a moment question his ability to properly represent Mauawatu, were ho so inclined ; but the fear is, that having expressed himself as perfectly indifferent to filling' the position, ho may perform the : duties iria perfunctory mariner, and keep his seat so as to securo a vote to the Opposition. It ia to be hoped, however, that as he has decided to retain his seat, he will pay some attention to the wants of those who placed him 1 m Parliament^ and use those 'powers'-" and- ability for which his "supporters give him so much credit, to the interest and = advancement of the County which he holds intrust.