The Hall Ministry.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3884, 10 June 1881, Page 2

The Hall Ministry.

-£>! -v "[ie*o.K*;Tit*f tTtTßiasfifiK nw^J. One of the worjjit ch'araeteristtM of the .fiillJiliniitrj h defamati^L oCitg JM&* deeessort. a''"'b^m^" 'irlepkrf |nwnt Constitutional Goridrnment, namely, that an incoming Ministry should make" üße of it» powtiott to rihfy and traduce tke Minittry. r phiek it has supplanted. Not content "with a vote of ibeea? to found itt^claiW^miwrt.ai false accusation, this rWgnA§^> well represented .bjj;tftff wpgijßfljffl} Treasurer. He has b«w lo«(t^od «nc«a«4n(( in *ebargtftg toe Ckey^rernment vitk gross eitraTa^ncw,, with_utter negje^ o# finance, with deliberate deception m tollie public accounts, and witli>wa6siog to place the Colony on the verge of rain. It is not often that a>) fahi.rrwjtfaHfi Wkn beconricted but o< bis own »o*tt; bit, fortunate fyrit ! -iB-'sF-itf) thisocaaeet^'JJke October 1877, ijefoVe•■''Bftl €^Wp"«*iy c«lfi.:* Bto,lPOjwer4* i *nd we-'-Kite'^pill^ lejurn that dunog all that.time-its admioistration was strict and ewinomieal. **^ir« one -know* that it jraa ■aprpmglj__ts> rererse; and -there are sope., whp remem« ber that during that time MaW'Atkinson was either Miaiatir 6t lOtUgMioa, Treasurer or Premier: Tfen, daring the Grey adminutratioir. the e^tta^M^pris said to he chiefty "ewing to an enlarged railway scheme.- If so why did Major Atkinson not totei*WDlttfr# *>*>•< Tfwd. ing of the AaUwayConstneOoa 4et ©f 1878, and /why '. did -iCPfXMMbr laid before Parlia»e^toTbr^Th« present Colonial Tr*a»lr» jriA»ir-tfcit the la(ie Ministrj did W# iwwr^x. penditure or I»«bihU«8 berbhff^hirl th« lawauthoHwd. of rerenue being ne^lecfe^[tte m&t* during 1878-6 ander n^blr 45^^ KX£ except b,nd.reT. R ue; «m«&|M^?So the •mouat I*!^ £aW Statementift^Hort^hff^ 'WW.-Jfiltf that land sales had fallen short^f tJJ

ifT Hftii?***** the«»«»« °f <">' JSS^S^^'^Koff in the Crown land - ff ji? f ??** th*fc "*-*• *"»* rerenue had yielded the average receipts for the last two preceding yews, a small surplus, instead of a large deßciency, would hate WTOlted. Thea, again, how, did the laic Ministry conceal the financial state of the Sr°£s; °*h<»* was it^inprßpawfd?to fade thedifficulty P In 1878, Mr Ballance, as Colonaal Treasurer, mpde an exhaustive statemnt on th* subject. The public account! were afterwards pAlishrd qnnr •"^'.W 1. *•? •»f n«al tables for the year tore tad befort Parliament, by Sir George QnK* I** Financial State!Xs? **■£'!*■«> &»M*»n made in July. , 1879, Jmt Bir George Grey was stopped ;■: fr©ttdotnjtioby * toteW want qf confi- -■ demee. Jt is absurd to eoneeWe that In „; kit pontion, at the time he could do no We than he did-^wmely, shortly sum IWN the statements of receipts and; •Kpenditvre. . He had. however, already shown in the Governor's opening speech that the Government concealed nothing, fW^U-jrar* fully,, prepared to.meet the tMHMMy.i 'Hat- one. passage it.. ,wa«* »t»*ed *h*t "under the head of Innd fettaiue t «krge defieiaaey has occurred ;" sad, inanotber the public was told that it was requisite, in the opinion^ of the O^fetmnent, M to impose frpsh.taxation to :*»et'the requirements of Che Colony,' >fiAd tk|t, in accordance with the principle of ?eAll3irit»g:" the incidence, a measure ' WOtila Mfo presented " for imposing a tax on income." Here is no suppression of the fact, and n« flinching from the conse* i Iswmbv. . :, ! ..^ , ,