SIR GEORGE GREY AT INVERCARGILL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1286, 21 May 1880, Page 2

SIR GEORGE GREY AT INVERCARGILL.

(bt telegraph.) Invekcabgill, May 20. Sir George. Grey addressed a large meeting of citizens here to-night. The Mayor occupied the chair. The speaker said little or nothing new, the address being simply a rechauffe of. that already delivered to the Christchurch electofs. The saiqe explanation was tirade regarding the deficiency in revenue, and the. speaker advocated the imposition of land arid income taxes, and the abolishment of the property tax. " He urged them to resist any attempt to do away with the education vote, and repeated the observations he passed at Christchurch regarding the stoppage of subsidies to local bodies. The land question was referred to at some length, but nothing new was said. Regarding immigration, the speaker advocated the American system, 'being of opinion that if it was fully known that large tracts of country were available for settlement, small capitalists and other desirable settlers would come to and settle in the Colony in large enough numbers to avoid the expense attendant upon the Immigration Department. He repeated his observations re his being unseated for Christchurch, the nomination of the Qovey.nor by the people, and the abolition of the Legislative Council. He spoke for an hour and a half, but his address, inasmuch as it contained no novel feature, caused disappointment.

On Mr. Feld wick's motion, Sir George Grey was accorded the thanks of the meeting for his address, and was assured of their confidence in him as leader of the Liberal party in New Zealand.