TAXATION AND FINANCE (?) FINESSE.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1339, 7 August 1883, Page 3

TAXATION AND FINANCE (?) FINESSE.

(From a Wellington Correspondent.) The speech of the session was made by Mr Dargaville, on the 31st July, and the financial world will recognise and approve of its searching and trenchant ability. The Colonial Treasurer waxed vehement under its home thrusts, and he evidently writhed under the piercing prods so deftly put, for he became bitterly personal, twitting Mr Dargaville with a lack of common sense, and indulging in other peculiarities savoring of the belligerent. For some mysterious reason, whenever the Bank of New Zealand tactics are called into question, the irascible Major’s corns are surely and sorely trodden upon, for during his rancorous peroration he emptied his vials of wrath upon various of the Opposition, and relieved himself by daring Mr Dargaville to move for a Select Committee to inquire into the charges of gross corruption preferred against himself (the Hon. Major) and the Premier, which challenge Mr Dargaville cheerfully accepted, and presented his charge in due form on the following day, and the exhilarating and exciting amenities that then took place, I refer your readers to the New Zealand Times of the 2nd inst, for particulars, but in sporting parlance it is the Empire to a China orange that Mr Dargaville will be circumvented in some way or , other by his experienced and crafty antagonists. The Major will have a great “ commission,” whatever will be the upshot. Not only will his vast abilities be “ drawn ” upon —so also will some one’s purse strings—tnat is inevitable ' During his speech the Major said, “If they handed themselves over to the associated banks, then the banka would be the Government of the Colony instead of the House.” Oh, oh ! ah, ah ! red herring pure and simple ; rechauffe ! as if the Bank of New’ Zealand was not that already. A little more of this hood-winking and dust throwing, and we shall be totally blinded: but nevertheless we will endeavor to keep our weather eye open to future events, and we await next Wednesday’s enquiry with excitable anticipations, not unmixed with emotion. It w’ould indeed be infinitely preferable to survive under a hydra-headed monster than to be tortured by the machinations, evil doings, and chicanery of a merciless Cyclopean devourer. Under the former the profits would be distributed and have a wider range, instead of going into the capacious maws of a greedy and rapacious few. Now all ye colonists who are to be eternally benefitted and blessed by the National Insurance scheme, take heed, read, mark, learn, and strive to inwardly digest the manifold blessings bestowed upon you, whilst all this wrangling is going on in the House, not entirely w’ithout cost, be it remembered, only simple thousands, and consider seriously whether a banking institution or an association of banks shall have the control of your affais, and the making of your laws, and the pilfering of your heritage, the land. Under any circumstances you will have to pay the piper for its governance, therefore, do for Heaven’s sake, go in for having the sweat of your brow, and the toil of your hands properly represented, so that it may extend over the greatest area of doing good to mankind generally, without distinction or class. Expel the “ great family connection and suppor'ers at the next election, and let us have * change, even if only a change, so that the groat and manifold blessings we are supposed to be now enjoying, may turn out blessings into facts, to be enjoyed and felt by the masses, not by a circumscribed few only. Go in for real, tangible, philanthropic principles. and not listen to the soplustries of those who are beguiling you with being concerned in your special interests, and welfare, whilst they are bleeding you freely to their own special aggrandisement. The late speeches in the House should upen your eyes, as they betray and lay bare the volcano upon which we are living, but truth must eventually prevail, notwithstanding the violent, but effete efforts of the specious aggrandisors to suppress the truth, or so gloss it over that it shall not appear to the world in the bare-nakedness of their treachous and highly questionable scheming, therefore let it be known in Rus—lN Urbe. P.S.—Bills of Exchange. This Bill in being considered in committee, a new clause prepared by Mr DeLautour, was added, viz : “ No bill, note, or cheque shall attach an liability to any abariginal native unless it shall, it not written in Maori, have a Maori translation endorsed thereon, and shall also show on its face that such bill, note, or cheque was duly interpreted to sucn Native at the time of making or accepting the same, and that such Native understood the liability for payment imposed thereby.’J Bill as amended was ordered to be reported.