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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 108, 6 May 1875, Page 4

P^>F6fi;EeAST OF THE FUTURE.

l#? The Thames Advertiser has the folglobing!— pretending to any special V information, we think that we may jseafely prognosticate, to some extent at Ipfeast, the course of the Government the next session. That course <iißeems to have been in contemplation sbine time, to have been worked up ||ti)'.by' the Government last session, aud p duringihe whole of the recess. There now but two cardinal points in the the provincial system of govern men t has become effete, and jffffthe' colpny must be provided with a $£ substitute; and the question of the rfrcohtinued possession of their land fund Ivby, Otego and Canterbury must be |g%ttled. These are the points for the g-Vliinißtry to settle. If they deal with p^tHem adroitly they are safe; if they f?*/.bungle, the Treasury may soon know |y.Mr, Yogel no more. Reports are cur- |% rent that Sir George Grey is engaged fcin a correspondence with Mr Stafford, >R'; Mr.Rolleston, Mr Fitzherberr, and Mr fe-.Maoandrew, in order to lay down a M| basis for the action of an Opposition, if' Sir George can obtain a party fe strong enough to carry out the policy ip -he ; ;-haß shadowed forth in his speeches, t£ we shall be very mush surprised indeed. jn the first place he attacks the exclui&i;.aive\ possession by Canterbury and IfeOtago of their land fund, and as the 'M,^representatives of these two important P |f provinces are united as one man on that subject, he will find a difficulty in them to follow his lead on it ( r |j any question in which it is involved. |v'.Mr yogel, on the other hand, will have /^another card to play. For some years it..bock his goveraraent have been eagerly lands in the North Island l^fo'.'t of the grants from the Colonial %:'■ Exchequer. These purchases have I been vigorously pushed on during the tr: recess, and when the Mouse meets the will have a large acreage 11' in its hands. Mr Yogel will say to tft.Otago and Canterbury that he will con- '?'•■": firm them in the enjoyment of their ?• own land fund provided they allow it r to be put in the same position as .the lend purchased in the North Island. To ; : the North Island he will cay, " Here is ■: a large extent of land in every district, ■ k which may give a splendid income for ;■ years. What I propose is, that the : Provincial Governments should be abolished, and then I will band over :.-' the waste lands in every district to be •administered for the benefit of that ;/; district, the General Government re- - tain ing a certian portion of the proceeds." This would be attractive to j the North Island, and would engage i the interest of the majority of the ; settlers in the destruction of provincialism. The districts might be so appor- :. tioned that each would have a very considerable landed estate, from which t for years to come thoy would derive a : substantial revenue. As for Ota go and /Canterbury, opposition might still come ; from the chief towns, but the outdistricts would support any proposal by whioh they would have the control and ' ; expenditure of the larger portion of their own lond revenue. This, it seems to us, is the most attractive programme ; which could he laid before (he Government, and Mr Yogel is acute enough to see what is the tendency aud strength of public opinion. A hard and fast sticking to provincialism is simply an anachonism, which we hope the Op- " poailiou, which on many points has our sympathy, will not be silly enough to adopt. A [general election baa to be feced, and if the Opposition does suci ceed in getting the Government into any difficulty, Mr Yogel has bis power of appealing to the public just in the manner and at the time which pleases him, and can hardly fail of securing a the leaders of the Opposition pledge themselves to a maintenance of provincialism without change.

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