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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 231, 16 December 1874, Page 2

Mr. William Kelly,/M.H.R., in addressing his constituents at Tauranga, on the 26th November, thus spoke of provincialism : —“ He thought the time bad come when provincialism must be swept away. He admitted iu its day provincialism was a necessity, but now in these piping times of peace, of telegraphic communication with the three islands, and general rapid communication of oue province with another, it was high time that we had one Supreme Government—one Head. He compared unfavorably Provincial with General Government expenditure. He referred to the neglectful manner in which outlying districts were treated by the Provincial Government, citing Poverty Bay as one case in point. That flourishing settlement was between two stools : at the south end of Auckland the provincial authorities were afraid to do anything for fear Napier should reap the benefit, and vice versa with Hawke’s Bay; and in such a manner that settlement was retarded and progress stopped, all through this wretched provincialism. Ou the other hand, were provincialism done away with, with the sole control — under the General Govenment—of our own local revenue—with increased powers to local bodies, whether Road, County, or Shire Boards, with, in fine, local government in the true acceptance of the words, country districts could hope for a better state of things, and instead of, at the present moment, our money being 'swamped by keeping up a costly establishment in Auckland, each individual district, shire, or county would be benefited by its own revenue.” Mr. Kelly received a unanimous vote of confidence on the occasion.— Bay of Plenty Times.

Doctor’s Motto.—“ Patients and long suffering.”

Paper cuffs are said to have originated in newspaper attacks.

When a clock is wound up it goes. When a firm is wound up it stops. Man respires, aspires, conspires, and expires.

Pen-makers are a bad lot. They make people steel pens, and then they say they do write.

One great difference between Byron and Burns in early youth, was that one was a Harrow-boy, the other a ploughboy.