The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4844, 19 July 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1884.

After ttie struggle for the possession of the Treasury' benches has terminated, there are many prominent questions which will force themselves upon the attention of the new Parliament; Education, Licensing, Upper House reform, and many other important subjects, requiring almost immediate legislation, being certain to cause agitation, if even the reformers are not in a majority. In the list of measures likely to be introduced, is one which will affect this district to some degree ; it relates -to the-re-arrangement of the boundaries of electorates. Many" causes of complaint, and grievances of no trifling nature, exist in connection with tbis subject. The division between the .Thames and Coromandel electoral districts, for instance, is not at all calculated to be | of, as much oenefit to interests at this end of the electorate, in the event of a Coromnndelite being chosen, as would be the case were a local man selected ; and the same may be relatively said with regard to the other end. It is only natural, therefore, that those situated so closely to the centre of (be Thames should prefer to be represented by a resident in their midst, and. it seems clear that such a feeling should exist in every other portion of the constituency. Seeing all this, it must be apparent that if—as we deem very probably will be the case—a change will be made in district boundaries next session, a large and thickly*populated portion of what is new included within the Coromandel boundary must be added to the Thames. Those residing within the Xauaeranga Biding of the Thames County should undoubtedly be Thames electors ; they ««hould be eleetorallv incorporated with the people with whom their interests are most closely identified, not only on account of geographical situation, but also because they are governed by the same local governing bodies—practically— and can feel little community of interest with people they are entirely separated from., >nd who Hare little in common with them from a governmental point of view, 'tinder euch* circumstances it is only rational that electors at this end of the should prefer a representative from themselves, and it is equally reasonable that, those in other portions of the .electorate should prefer to select a resident [amongst them: Therefore something- io the >sy of prereatitig ope ivtiutive, «s

against another, interfering with the weU fare of a split up district, is requisite, and an effort must ba made to equitably adjust the boundaries of this as jeell as many* other districts. It must not be for a moment supposed that we wculd suggest thai Thames .interests and those of Coromandel generally were even in the remotest degree antagonisticß Such a thing we hare no desire to do, bnt unless both were electorally united, it must be apparent! to a mind of oven tbe meanest, capacity, that where contests take place on such occasions as Parliamentary elections, and'in sich cases as the present contest presents, the local man, as a rale, has the larger suppport in his part of the district. We therefore hope that as soon as Parliament can do so, some re.adjustment of electoral districts will take place. *