AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 396, 24 August 1889, Page 2

AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

' This above all — to Ihine ovn self bo brut, And k rausfc follow as the night the day Thou caneb uofc then be falee to any man.' Shakkspicarh;.

Mr ,7. 11. hmett invite.'; tenders For cutin I.'1 .' firewood, See advt. Mr Howell, Superintendent for the Te Aioiia S. and ft, M. Co., accompanied by Mr Aditm> ("chief Clerk), proceeded to Waitekauri on Wednesday lust, to inspect pome mining propeit\ tlicie ; retninine; to Waiorongomui next (Liv. Their intention \va« to lmve srone on to Wuihi fiom Waite kauri, but owing to the fearful condition of tlio riinda, and wet weather, it was dei'idi'd to postpone tho visit to Waihi for the present. MrJ, MoNicol will hold u special sale of hoi ses, cows, produce, etc, at ToAroha next Saturday, Intending Midler** will do well to neiid in their entries without delay, in oidoi that they may be'duly jidveitised. Mr McNicol has shown his faith in the progreas of this district hy opening a permanent branch office at Te Aroha, at Mo^t-'ia Biadley and Co.Vj horso bazaar, whJch will bo under the charge of Mr C\. McOultagh, who has been connected, with Mr McNiooPs business for a considerable time pnst, and all orders entrusted to him will receive prompt and earoful attention. Tho Chriatchurch Telegraph says : "We unhesitatingly say that tho Government ought not to listen to any proposal to go hack to tho original number of members. On thecontiarv, it' electors would bo careful, and vote for suitable representatives only, a Yen «<ubßtautial further reduction in tho number of members could take place. If lo«>*rolHng, stonewalling, and | the oJier evils which are untwining themselves round our Parliamentary system, j could only be donea\v<iy with, a House of thiity or forty members would be ample, and fm tbercnore, they would be able in orio nn > nth, with caMe, to got through all the administrative and legislative work we want done." Writing on the subject of 8 : r George Grey's clause abolishing plural voting, the Chri«tcharch Press says :—": — " We are convinced that if the question were fully .md fairly discussed at a general election a considerable majority of members would be returned pledged to retain the property qualification as it now stands on the Statute Book. The right hitherto of giring a vote in any district in which a man possessed property was an admission that industry, sUmft, and provident habits ought to have some slight recognition on the part of the Legislature. lho*e who have, by those meani, accumulated some property have, at tiny rato, a stuke in the colony, are interested in its welfare, and may be expected to act and voto with greater responsibility. ,It is reasonable, therefore, th.it Ruch persons should have an increased voice in the government of the country. They have larger sacrifice to make, and, on tho average, thoy act with greater prudenoo and caution than those who may be here to-day and somewhere else to-morrow."