SEPARATION.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 229, 16 March 1866, Page 1

SEPARATION.

During the next meeting of the General Assembly, the great fight will be for the Separation of the two Islands. Other matters in which all classes of the colonists are immediately interested — war, stamp duties, increased taxation &c. — will require to be dealt with in a spirit of statesmanlike liberality and unbiassed judgment. Provincial narrow-mindedness and cramped local views will be fraught with certain injury. Impolitic action at this crisis may be productive of widely-spreading evil. Wise and moderate deliberation and well studied measures are indispensable to the. present emergency. The impossibility of the two islands being satisfectosity goyeraed wdep Q«e 69 d « e| fcwe

*s now acknowledged by the major portion of the thinking men of both Islands ; and Separation is the only means by which justice can be dove to each. Auckland desires to have the management of its own affairs, and the Middle Island — the majority of the people — are strong in the opinion that unless Separation is obtained, progress cannot be expected. Separation, in some form or other, is almost universally acknowledged to be a necessity by the people of Southland. On the questionof Separation they are one, and with the aid of Southland, would obtain a success. We trust that by our next summary some important action will have been taken in the General I Assembly on this subject. ! 9