THE GOVERNMENT MEASURES.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4485, 4 August 1875, Page 2

THE GOVERNMENT MEASURES.

OPINIONS OP THE PRESS. (SPECIAL TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE.) Dunedin, Tuesday. To-day’s Bruce Herald has the following : “It seems to us that the Abolition Bill deserves the support of all who have come to the conclusion that provincial institutions have had their day. Ample provision is. made for thorough localisation of the land revenue of the several provinces, and therefore one great objection to the abolition of the present form of government has disappeared. The impoverished provinces in the North will not be able to prey upon their rich neighbors, and though in some cases disappointment may be felt, we sincerely hope that Government will not meet with opposition that can do no good. As for the Southern members, with the exception of those personally interested in the maintenance of the present form of government, and a few others unable to see anything but danger in any change, we expect to see them give a hearty support to the Government in carrying through this Bill.” The Otago Daily Times condemns the Abolition Bill, and says it cannot be passed this session ; while the Guardian has an article strongly in favor of the Bill, and concluding thus :—“ We have not left ourselves space on the present occasion to give expression to our opinions on the scheme embodied in the Abolition Bill, for the distribution of land revenue. To this portion of the measure wo may accord in full the same claim to bo the outgrowth of the systems which we have just meted out for the Local Government Bill. We cordially recommend this portion of the Bill to the consideration of the people of this province, who have been so often told that whatever abolition may mean for other parts of the colony, it means nothing but spoliation for them. AVere they to ask themselves the question as the administration of the laud fund proposed by this measure, contrasted with that to which it has been subjected under the reign of our Provincial Council, we feel assured there unanimous verdict must be—Let the Bill pass.”