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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1345, 21 August 1883, Page 2

I’hb astonishing fertility and ingenuity of the human mind was demons!ruled last Friday afternoon in the House of Keprese -talives, when Mr. BaiHGate moved “ I’l i.t, as it is derivable the place for the meeting of Farlin ment be in a situation more generally eonveu. lent for members, a d more easily protected than the present, and ibat any chang be effected at the least possible cost, the Government be authorised du ing the re -<ss to e..tcr into provisional negotiaiious for the purchaie of 2,0 >0 acres or Mie-eab ,uls. situated on li.e main trunk line of railway, Middle I-la id, say within twenty miles from some centre ol p ipulinion, for ih- purpose of foil ,ding a legislative capital wifi suitable public works a > other appropriate accessories'* Tue formation of such a legislative capital would or itself, be tlio g*n, not only pay all expanses of lemoval, but actually yield a surp.us to tie Ireasiuy. Piob.bly the land would be bought for from LIO to £2O per acre, and 100,000 would be enough to erect buildings. This sort of modern utopia would no doubt be a great boon, could we borrow Aladdin’s Lamp * if only for a day,” and have the whole thing done at one stroke, as we are afi aid that it would tuke some little time to buy a site, lay out, build, populate, cultivate and establish a town suitable to the lion, gentleman’s requirements.