PUBLIC OPINION IN WAIRARAPA.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4196, 1 September 1874, Page 3

PUBLIC OPINION IN WAIRARAPA.

TO rete EDITOR. Sib, —In the Wairarapa Standard of the 26th inat. an article appears drawing a parallel, between Mr. Vogel and Mr. Hudson, the " Railway King," the inference being that the; end of the former may be somewhat similar to that of the latter. The Standard being the only paper at present published in this district, it may naturally be thought by those who read it elsewhere that it expresses the general. opinion here. For this reason it has been stig-,, gested to me l»y v, leading settler that we ought, in justice to ourselves and to the public, career of Mr. Vogel, to: state that this is far from being the case, and that the editor of the.' Standard stands almost alone in the opinions? ho has lately expressed with regard to the' policy of the General Government. I think I may safely say, in opposition to the views of the Standard, that the opinion of this district is one of the greatest possible con-; fidence in Mr. Vogel, his honesty of purpose, and his ability to carry out to a successful itsuo the great work he has undertaken, and that this confidence has been recently greatly increased by the statesmanlike way in which he has grappled with the question of Provincialism, and the indications he has given of the large powers of real local government, which' he proposes to substitute for a system which has long survived the time when it could serve any good purpose. Of course there are those here, as elsewhere, who see that there muit necessarily be a certain amount of risk in working so largely as we are "doing oh borrowed money, and that circumstances may occur which may not improbably cause » period of depression. But,

even assuming that this will happen, we all have so mnclrfaith in the latent resources and real worth of the country that we feel confident that we should not only survive it, but that it would probably prove to be merely a starting point in a fresh career of prosperity, and therefore I believe, notwithstanding the Standard, the next election will show that Mr. Vogel's Government is thoroughly appreciated here.—l have, &c. . . „•■■•■'■■" C. Pharaztn. Longwood, August 29th.