MR H. DRIVER AT ROSLYN.
Mr H. Driver, M.H.R. for Roslyn, addressed his constituents last night. One hundred and fifty persons were present. Ho said he had entered Parliament as an opponent of the late Government, and he had not seen any reasons to change his opinions. Ho accused the late Government of extravagance, insincerity, and want of organization. Referring to Sir George Grey’s Dunedin speech, he said Sir Sir George Grey as a public man ought not to go about the colony addressing the people unless he was prepared to lay before them some system by which they could get over their present difficulties. He admired Sir George Grey as a speaker so much, that he would go some distance to hear him, but he would not undertake to believe a single word that he said. Sir George Grey had such a beautiful manner of speaking and of telling people so pleasantly how miserable they were, that he made them quite happy. With regard to tho railways he asserted that the only way to make them profitable would bo to farm them out on a systematic plan to American or English companies. A vote of thanks and confidence was carried unanimously.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2244, 27 May 1880, Page 2
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202MR H. DRIVER AT ROSLYN. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2244, 27 May 1880, Page 2
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