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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4541, 9 October 1875, Page 2

Seeing that Napier has everything to gain by the new Representation Bill, it would naturally be supposed that the Napier pipers would be' inclined to say'the best they could of it. But it is evident that the glaring injustice of the measure is admitted even at Hawke's Bay. The Telegraph says of the measure :—" We do not think any of our readers will be satisfied with it. While it provides for increasing the number of members of the Lower House to eighty-six in all, the glaring inconsistencies in the present distribution of representation are maintained to a very great extent. Napier, it will be seen, is to have another member. The .two electoral districts of the City of Aucklandare to be made one, and the City of Christchurch is to be treated in the same manner. The following districts are to have each an additional representative :—Thames, Napier, Grey Valley, Timaru, Hokitika, Waitaki, Dunedin, and Christchureh; The little province of Taranaki.is to retain the power of sending three ■ members of Parliament, while the immense district of the East Coast, extending from Tauranga to the border of Hawke's Bay, is to have but its one representative. It would be difficult to guess at the arguments in favor of the Bill that Ministers will be able to advance."