The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1881.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3915, 16 July 1881, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1881.

We can /scarcely] think our' Wellington special correspondent can be in earnest when he sayV that Mr Sheehan has been promised .'support for his bill to repeal the Abolition of Provinces Actj yet we cannot forget the fact'that many who voted for, abolition have since, changed their opinions on the question, notably Mr^ Ormond-iS^Mr-sWak^fieidi BribeiM in the'shape of subsidies, can no longer be paid by the country, and the rosy times -which woujd. result from- abolition—so vividly painted by Sir Julius Vogel— have not been realised, .therefore-many maybe disposed to go in for a change. The prospects for life fufure.-eveh-taking, (he -local gOTernmen t T proposals of the Cabinet, at" their- best are riot orer .^bright, and r dPJi.H a radical "changejwill have to jbiemade in the local government ot th^ 'jiiolony,; if not this year, then at no' rie^ distant date ; Besides, there' a rre always -pickings to' be found with a change*--ofJ system—we remember"tlrerdaprof:^oliti6ii=ana if members get a chance of securing money or endowments, or wiping out present liabilities for rtheir rpf* them would} eiiibraco the r opportunity, quite indifferent whether the change that gave them, the chance* was beneficial or otherwise to the colony at large. Should Mir Sheehan succeed in getting a fair member of supporters, it may at least have the effect of discussing the whole question of the future government of the country, and so jpaye tfie: Way for Sir. Greorge Grey's bill being accepted. Thie proposals of the Ministry will not be accepted^ and , they .be elpeeted \jo acoept either Sir George' Grey's bill or support/Mr Sheeban's, W will be forced either to. bring down a difinite jioYief of their own or' accept a defeat, and consider it want of confidence on the part of the House.