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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3822, 29 March 1881, Page 2

Wanted TTC7.A»TED to PURCHASE—A BOAT, W ■ -about 16 feet long.—R. R. McGee&ob, Auctioneer, Albert street. Hon. Mr Gisljorae before the : Bloctors. ■■ ■■. ■ : . -♦ :— AN.OTHEE OPINION ON EDUCATION. Mr Gisborne addressed the electors at Eosiat the town hall to a crowded meeting. Referring to the native difficulty, he agreed with the policy of the Government in striving to retain peace with the natives. •On the education question, he said there was great likelihood of the present system breaking down unless some alterations were 1 made; He spoke of the costliness of'"the'system, and thought those who can afford fees should pay. He thought the best remedy would be to revert back to the system which prevailed in the days-of provincialism in Westland, Nelson, and Hawte'sßay, that denominational schools should be subsidised subject to the condition of inspection and other Government restrictions. Eegarding the financial difficulty, he considered it had been caused by several consecutive Governments. To extricate the colony the Government had adopted two wrong courses—-by adding taxation to the'necessaries of life and by introducing the property taz. He condemned the method of departmental retrenchment, which tad been adopted. The uniform reduction of 10 per cent, waa a mistake, and it was cruel and unjust, and had already done much to demoralise the service. He spoke of the treatment of the West Coast in respect of public works as positively, shameful. The attitude of the Government to the Coast reminded him of Mr Bumble, who was so horrified when Oliver Twist asked for more. He had' noticed main roads unformed and rivers unbridged. Indeed, the public bodies in Westland were asked to make bricks without straw- In the way of Government expenditure it was •entirely neglected. The crumbs that fell from the Ministerial table were grudged to it. He condemned Mr Oliver's neglect of and positive antipathy to the mining industry. He had better hopes of attention from ihe bauds of Mr Eolleston.