INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 321, 2 December 1875, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

1 Wk&lington, Thursday,' . Sailed, Taapo, for Kelson sod North, at 1-30 p.m,_ Passenger* lor Nelson— -Mrs U. ™4flen, Rev. Andrew, Mta»r« Coiper, and Fry. . s Donedin Thu'ritiaVMr Reynolds addressed the DuQedinVfectora liisknfght, and aft< r detailing whalTlia<i been effected by the Government dating the past year he touched upon the abolition question by saying thtt while he agretd with all that had been claimed for provincialism in ike pjßt,he>a9 cettain' from what lie had seen tlxu it uiuss break down. Otago and Canterbury would stand a poor N che»uce of obtaining justice it they retained the^r Ptfk vincial Governments after the others were abolished. The reason why < the Government pressei Jhe abolition measure without leieriing it to the people was that they feared that some unprincipled Executives, if allowed to meet again, worild hare got 1 estionfc«B passed far in excess of the revenue, and eoa^ tracts eqtered into, and the colony wou|a have found itself involved in some millions of 3 inJebtaess, which woald eotail rulo upon the credit of the colony. He claimed lor the Abolition BUI that it was a most liberal measure, and he denied that the Government, had any idea of a centralised administration of affairs at Wellington. He did not think that tits plan of haying twp provinces waß possible. . He' was. confldcufc that the Auckland members would not vote for two provinces unless they obtained a portion of the Middle Island land fund. He thought that the new scheme of the Government would lessen the number ot officials. "Ue^ would not like to see the Upper House an elected body but thought that its members should be nominated from the Lower House, t ' Od^B ca»ied thankiug Mr Reynolds for hlß^» 88 ' but «gwMing thithe had sup. porMflTße Government in passing the Abolition' Bill without consulting his constituents After Mr Beynolds concluded his speech last night, Mr Wales was also to have addreued the meeting. Ho asked them to take bis speech as read, and he would publish it in the papers, bat the meeting objected as he will be asked lots of questions. He speaks in & few days < Tne Provincialiati were present in great force at last night's meeting, including nearly all the late Macandrew banquet people. , %,./ Blbiw, Thursday. The Adamant hM arrived with immigrants. Five deaths occurred during the passage. The ship ii very clean. The captain diei about sixweekrago. The vessel is not anchored