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bmroi^u sir;-' x/.!.k-Uul.S;Ui.ic! -'Tuesday^ i Mr Sharp addressed the,, city».electorsj ft&Stttignfr -HeSi^ Jtn6VwgHlyvin;favdr 'ofj Abolition with extended local government] powers. He • traeM) the! &s3!an Idifairof provincialism, and attributed the promi-j nence it had gained to thefactof Sir George; Grey being afraid-to-me et the General Assembly in the first instance, and therefore having first called.. Superintendents; and Provincial Council*"itfto•existence,: who made their influences felt at the firstmeeting, of the. Assembly. He considered! the compact of 1856 bound the Provincial; .GovernmentSj.to carry out immigration \ arid public works^ and therefore that by; abjuring the policy of 1870 the General; Assemblyhad'Tirtually broken that.:com-: pact. Having relieved the provinces of; ;the.responsibiiity.;.pn that score, it had J thereby entitled/the colony to an equitable! division of the land fund. He thought' the Upper House should be elected for a; longer psriod than the Lower House, so' that those bodies should not in times of: political excitement be elected at the^ same time. A resolution that Mr Sharp! is a fit and proper person to represent the: city was carried unanimously. A keen; contest for the suburbs is expected-be-tween Mr Eichmond and Mr Rout. It is rumoured that Mr Baigent will contest Waimea with Mr Shepherd, but the latter; is considered safe. ; 6 *-' ; ;^ ■ « v •' ■