SIR GEORGE GREY’S PETITION.
’ (From the Inanyahua Herald.) We cannot think that the petition referred to will have any weight in deterring the Government from the course of action which they propose, namely, the abolishing of provinces, as they now exist in the North Island, and the probable extension of it to the Middle Island also. So far as Nelson is concerned, the wretched condition of the interior and want of proper means of communication by roads, show that she is thoroughly ripe for the change. A liberal system of local self-govern-ment would be the means of carrying out extraordinary improvements, and a system of roads and bridges would then be effected, which at the present rate of progress would not be established within a generation. During eight years, what has the Nelson Provincial Government achieved, notwithstanding the magnificent revenue at her command—in the way of preparing new country for settlement ? The inevitable reply must be absolutely nothing, and surely this should be evidence of the inaptitude of provincial institutions.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4272, 28 November 1874, Page 3
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170SIR GEORGE GREY’S PETITION. New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4272, 28 November 1874, Page 3
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