THE GOVERNMENT MEASURES.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4500, 23 August 1875, Page 2

THE GOVERNMENT MEASURES.

PUBLIC OPINION. The following telegrams were received yesterday by Mr. Outhbertson, M.H.R. for Invercargill, in reference to a telegrqm from Longbush which appeared in our columns on Saturday last, stating that • “ the Longbush, Mataura, and Invercargill public meeting ” had unanimously carried resolutions against immediate abolition, and in favor of delay ; Invercargill, Saturday.

“Your telegram just received. No such meetings as those you refer to have been held. On the contrary, every man you meet almost is in favor of abolition—immediate abolition. The statement that meetings have been held in favor of delay is disgraceful.” Invercargill, Saturday.

“ Telegram received. Shows the unscrupulous tactics of the opponents of the Abolition Bill. No public meeting has been held in Invercargill upon the question, nor in the other places so far as we know.” The above is signed by the Mayor and two other well-known citizens.

Balclutha, Saturday. A monster meeting was held last night at Balclutha, the Mayor in the chair. There were present the members of Provincial Council for the district. The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to :—l. That in the opinion of this meeting, the Abolition of Provinces Bill introduced by the Government seeks to effect a direct a Constitutional change ultra vires of the Assembly and subversent of the rights of the people, the abrogation of which this constituency declines to submit to. 2. That the, course pursued by the Government is impolitic, the same being revolutionary, eminently calculated to cause serious dissention in the body politic, to unsettle the minds of people in their allegiance to her Majesty, as well as suggestive of resistance to constituted authority being necessary to the maintenance of the political rights and privileges of the people. 3. That the measures proposed to supersede provincial institutions are not fitted to carry out the object for which they are ostensibly intended. 4. That the question of the abolition of the provinces was not before the constituencies when their representatives were elected, and that the people have a right to have their voices taken in a constitutional manner upon a question so materially affecting their recognised rights and privileges as British subjects. 5. That a copy of the foregoing bo forwarded to J. W. Thomson, Wellington, member for district. Drury, Saturday. A meeting at Pukekohe carried a resolution that being of opinion that the time for abolition has not arrived, it considers the Bills, if passed, fatal to the best interests of Auckland, aud advises that the debate be deferred till after the next election, so that the electors may express their views upon the Bills at issue. Auckland, Saturday. At a meeting of electors at Papakura, resolutions were passed unfavorable to the passing of the Abolition Bill. Marion, Saturday. A resolution was unanimously adopted by an influential meeting at the Town Hall, Bull’s, last night, that this meeting is in favor of tlie immediate abolition of provinces, aud of the passing of the Local Government Bill this session. Major Jackson, M.H.R., has received the following ;—At a meeting held in Cambridge to-day, the following resolutions were unanimously passed,—That in the opinion of this meeting it is desirable that all the provinces be abolished at once; and that the above motion, just carried, be forwarded to Major Jackson for presentation to the House of Representatives.