POLITICAL MEETING IN AUCKLAND.
In reference to the meeting held in the Mechanics’ Institute, Auckland, on Tuesday evening, the N. Z. Herald says : “ The temper of the people of this Province on the question of Provincialism was no less marked at last night’s meeting than was their condemnation of the action of the General Government in the matter of public works. At the former meetiug, at which the Mayor presided, it will be remembered tnat Captain Daldy proposed a resolution, • That this meeting, while expressing no opinion as to what party shall conduct the government of the Colony, desires to express its decided opinion tiiat the management of public works to be constructed by the Colony shall be retained by the General Government, subject oply to the control of the General Assembly.’ At last night’s adjourned meeting, an amendment on this resolution was put and carried, ‘That this meeting, while expressing no opinion upon the question of local supervision of public works now under consideration by the Assembly, is of opinion that the conduit of the public works aud immigration policy by the Colonial Government has hitherto been characterised by neglect or waste of public money, and thut some change is required to secure prompt, efficient, aud economical administration.” This, it will be Been, is simply a vote of want of confidence in ttie present Government. The fact is, that Provincialism is so unpopular, iu
spite of the attempts of its friends or supporters to pack the meeting, it would have been impossible to have packed any resolution in its favour. But if Provincialism is looked upon as obsolete, so is the policy of the present Ministry regarded as extravagant and unsatisfactory. What the people desire to see is a radical change in the administration of public works. They are not with the Provinciaiists, but they can plainh perceive that to continue on the present course of extravagance and recklessness means ultimate ruin.”
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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 266, 15 August 1872, Page 3
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323POLITICAL MEETING IN AUCKLAND. Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 266, 15 August 1872, Page 3
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