WAIPAWA.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2805, 9 February 1878, Page 2

WAIPAWA.

This day. Mr Ormond Addresses his

Constituents,

Mr Ormond addressed last night a large meeting of his constituents at WaipaWa. He spoke at great length. His speech occupied orer 2| hours, and he then deferred a good deal he had to say about his administration of the waste lands while Superintendent. He would refer to that subject at a meeting at Clire this evening. He began by referring to the. circumstances under which he took office, and then went into a history of the means by which Sir George Grey snatched his present position, and justified the action taken to drive him from it. He gave him credit for generalising the land fund, and showed why the Atkinson Ministry could not have proposed it, and, if they had, would not hare carried it, as many who now supported it would not have done so if proposed by the Atkinson Ministry. He dwelt strongly on Sir George Grey's insincerity, and on his conduct in respect to the Land Bill, for which he said Grey would be called to account when the House met. He spoke of Sir G. Grey's waning popularity, because of his conduct in that and other instances, particularly in Froudfoot's case, which he characterised as a suppression of justice. At the conclusion of the address, after answering two or three questions, he received a unanimous vote of confidence.