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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4787, 26 July 1876, Page 2

In the House of Representatives yesterday Dr. Hodgklnson presented a petition from the inhabitants of Riverton, to which was appended the largest number of signatures that has been connected with a petition this session; The petitioners stated that they had lost confidence in the Provincial Government of Otago, from the long delay that has always occurred in attending to their wants or representations. Riverton is not the only portion of Otago that has this kind of complaint to make. A recent issue of the Lake Wakatip Mail contains an article on the subject, in which some very strong language is used. The treatment of the people of the district by the Provincial Executive is characterised as “ brutish.” Mr. Donald Reid is termed the Head of Provincial Executives, and it is stated that remonstrances to his Government are met with little else than sullen insulting replies. Just claims are ignored, and if a promise of any kind is made it is made only to bo broken. This kind of treatment, it is said, dates its origin from the passing of the Abolition Act last session. The Mail declares that this is not a local matter, and calls on the people of the district to petition the House of Representatives in connection with it.