POLITICAL FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION. Auckland, June 2.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 270, 6 June 1888, Page 5

POLITICAL FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION. Auckland , June 2.

A MKi,n\<. of tho mcmbcis of the abo\o Association was hold yesterday atlcintju in the \ loloria, Arcade, when there was n good attendance, in the absence of tho Chaiiman (iMr.J. Buchanan). Mr J. M. MeLachlan was \otcd to the chair, lie said thai as they had (.ho question of (ho luill bcloic the 1 1 ohm"; of Jiepiesontativcs, it w.ii thought ad\i-,ib!e to h.i\o the mooting in older that ilu.y might obtain an explosion t,i opinion ii|,ou tho question ol the pioposed now i.uili. It- had also boon decided io in\ Ho tho pub he, so thai the w hole t|tit -- 1 ion ot t ho nuioa^c of taxation should bo gone into. I'l v-uoNh. -The Seeicta'y (Mr Uumvin) explained t li.it ho had wiitlon (o Mr David lioldio, iM.11.K., with regaid to lho \oxed question oi pon'-ions, lie had siiuge-tod (hat a lesolulion should I -i> laid licioio the I!oti-e ot Kcpreseulalhe-, embody in<_: tho following t-entiin nts . - ' That i line bo 'aid bcioio this i louse a i - lvi n show inu the names of all pei'-ons. n toning pensions Irom tho < lo\ei nment or New Zealand, tho 'unoiiiit ol such pi nsio, , the jii';lu -1 amount oi salaiy and 1< u-'lh < sn \ it ,• m c a<'ii civ, and i.he diu'n cut olh hlled !.v -m h poi sons, and I he pel tot lot -ci \ !■ < in such serial olhees.' -Mr llms t said t,i '> ab-enti i landloid 1 - weio gent tally t ou-idc ' < d acm-o in any < ounl \\ , but he thought t tt the, fibsontee pensioueis woio ctjually i>m-piolitcible.--'J'ho ni(o(in!4" appnned ot lho H'-ohil ion ,ii ioiv, aided. | Twmuin. —Mi (iieen -,\u\ ilia' hi \\o\i!d J niliitihin tlie iii.it { t i <>i niou i->t oi laxaljon ' Itc ( Imii'.dil thai am pi i on le.idm;; tno i'udm t in u^ t he ot opiiiion that the I'l en in i was uin In the ihuildom ol liie Ci\ ll >Vi \ i<'c: in !a<t,that the Ciwl henue lulod ilio <olon\. Tiio\ had t>nl\ t'» look at tho pioininenot <^i\en Id j\i>nieiit ot all luluio pensions and ietiiui'4 all'iu aiteo-.. ile did not thitilvlli.il lho I'teimei h.ul made any pun i- ion as to how t he people weie to i.twu I lit' t ixj- in oidei to )) t t\ tlic^L! allow ante-*, 110 nio\ed (hat tie nut-lum -hould l>o uleiiedtoa eoiiiiiiiUce to biin^np ainll Hpnii on the mattei.- - Mi \\ . DuiHc.n seconded the niolton. It \\as (|e.ito ewdent t h.tt lln ( nil i vi \ ice wa^ an octopus w hit h w.is polling tlow n the eoiniti\ They had aliead\ dieidcd that the piopeit^ tax «.i,pei uienm^, and ho ie,utett ed tlitib no .^ttps had ut bein taken to iepe.il iho same. He would li.no moio to s a \ on {\w -ul>)oct ,il a tut mo time. Mi i'\ (lieii\ -aid thai lie had al\\a\s liuld th. it ihi\ woio our-mled and o\ci taxed. Wuh ic^aid to the pen-ions, many ioeijuenls ot iho i-aiiio wtio ual!\ not entitkd lw lcieiNO them \nion<^-,t these weictho latoMi Donnit (who ,\asa\ei i > ntee <ji utleuuui), Sn William J''it/hoibei t. Mi. l'ullt'ii, .uid many olheis-.Nii (iioen lnlnnaletl that he would withdtaw his inouon until lalei m the merlinu --.Mi Hell then mo\ed, " 'i'hat in the opinion ot this Aw>uation, undei tho |)ie^cnt depie^sed condition ol the iiidii'-L) i. -5 iiiitl eommeieial liilt i o Is ot the ( olon\ , innea^ed taxat ion is iMoi'pi'i I une, and (aleulatul to stdl fui the i pieiutittc the weltaie ol the people, and that, u iluetion^ in Lxpenthluie should ie math to h dance ihe liuomo an(l expendi!i'K ot I Ik eoui'ti 1 ,. — Mi 11. .). Duncan -eeended this molion, 110 thought that Mic (!o\ciiuji - "\\ as one ot the malteis upon wlneli letieuehment miuht be biou^ht to bear. 110 had no c hi n<j, to -ay a^ain-t Ihe jucsent ( !o\einoi, but ho thought that it u,h utteily useless to ha\e. .i dummy ,-iuek up ioi which tho people had to pay. They could do with a much le.-- di-.linrrui-.heu pei -on to hll the oliiee of (!o\oinor. — Mi \Y. llod'^o i hou<;ht thai the piopo-cd taiill was a \eiy <iood ce 1 ,"^, eonsnluiih^ the I'iul lioiu w hiuh it came. The people wcio bej. r inmn^ toieab-e th.it si hoobnasteih and ei\ il sei \ ant- w eio lcally i ulin^ t he eonntiy m-ieadoi beinu tiealed as the l oi\!uiU oi.' the people, which thc\ ieall\ woie. Jt w.h the Sioui-\ o'^ol (ioNCinnient that was i e-poiisil-L io the jue-tnt depfe--ed sttile <>l the co.u.li). Dining that tune iho '■o\i niui s -atai v, and alluwauee- lv ■{ tot, died u]> to L' 15,000. The pie-ent (-'o\einnunt had dioji'ped oil Li, GOO, and he thought a iiulhei leduetion ol L3,o(t() nn_ht be made, lie t houidil that t he i etuni- iio:n (h< :i(\t [)i open ty tax valuation w ould lotuin about iwo-tlnrih Ic&s than they did at lue-eut. lie could njiieo with the l.ittci but noMlu toin.ei ])art ot Mi nell'.sie-olution - Mr liiu t s.iul t tint he always aigued (hit the (io\ei noi'- -alaiy was much too hi^ii. Tiie\ had ne\ei h.ul a bcttci (!o\omor than Sir dungc 1 1 l oy, and },et he had nothing like the pie>-ent allowance w hen be \\;h m ofhee. —Mr I Union thought that it \va- a pit\ that inttlbgcnl men should be made (loveinoi-, because they weio ically of no n-o to the countiy. it n,o a well known Kiel that' theie 1. el been an a-tountliiij, wa-to upon deft i< c w oik- diiiniii, the time which the pie-ii't doseihoi liaii bt en mi oltict. If t hex w>io to be honest, the\ inn- 1 go bark to the h ale ot i GOO with ugaid to their eo^t ot admini ti.dion. At pie-ent/ it wa- ineica-i.ig attx\i(othi latcoi the me\ea-e ol pnpnl ition. Jl hadte'allx now K^-ohed 1 1^ (j 1 1 inlo.i ({iicMion ot the people \eisus the beamo"iacx. lie ihouviht that the membei - in tho liou-e wee giealiy to blame m asking ;oi tho ineiea-o ol lanes m \anon-i ln-stanee-. Their piescni. cxpeiK'ituro miiiht be deeiea-eci by L'lso,()J(> in iliu Cn d JScimcc, outside tho niiitur oi education and public woik-. lie mentioned that although tho pubbe debt w.h Cu6,000,000, aecoiding to Sir ilulitiri \ ojjjer.^ own statement the woiks dono weie only v/oith 119,0U0,000. 'she question was what had become of the balance.' In iact, about L'ls per head liad leaked away somewheie. It xwis greater than (he 10-s sustained Ur bianco m eon--equeneo ot Ihe war with (icimanx. — Tho motion was then put to tho meeting and adopted with only one dissentient. — Mr iM ui i ay, kite member ol Parliament, said that in his opinion the retrenchment had not been sufficiently drastic. They should call a public meeting- ami clctcunine that they would have no increase ot taxation xvhatever. There- should bo no lu>.ation excepting 1 on a man's earning-. His principal should never be touched. The trouble was the system ol centralisation at Wellington. -Ah" ijiut hoped that the Committee would pay some attention to the question of education. The pi cncnl system was entirely too expensive. — Mi (iicen's motion was then adopted, afte:r which tho meeting adjourned.

A few days a£>o two men were in Smith's barbel's shop. One had ice! hair, and tho other was- baldhcaded. ttod Hair (to baldhcatl): "You uoie not about when they were giving out hair?" iJaldhcad : " Y ; es T Ava.s there, but they only had a Kltlo led hair loft, and I wouldn't take it." (!. K. .Sims, in a poem on tlio early closing ) makes the following a]>pcai : — Shop cavly-Rn c the Avoary A lit t lo biTathing spare 'Jo make the toil lot.s dreary, Tho sluiilcrcd norves to brace. Tho wliito slaves' chains to liuhlcn Bo youiß tho noble task ; Their hard, dull lives to brighten— That's all tho boon wo ask.