MAJOR ATKINSON AT AUCKLAND.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2258, 31 March 1886, Page 3

MAJOR ATKINSON AT AUCKLAND.

c '[??■' ■- I '' . , : . Masin--Atkinson addres'sqci; v tliq'.citizuii s i^|!'o( ; Alicltlijiid last night, i >l - received 4 .' : if c\said he.cafno;fit-tlieir,■jiu.vi< ..,.,. Mipn?;;:'Thuf ''--•speeches 1 from Sir George GreyaiidlSir Julius Vcfgel, 'and' wlieii, ■they; i ; _-J: u |peiicK they \rouid Lie ablc^to;'li.pk-a«;|i Vil] sides; i Qf., 'the' ijiiosfcioiuf HoV ; ;spukd ~. fejjlf,' "!;! ie . :"•!■ OppuaitioJi-/', ■piatfoniijvi ■ '.a'iul--'-''the of' ■■' tlibf _" Pjijipsitioii; ; >y,-as tj);crifiiii&;jl}irt' in tlto facoifihe' Ym , olgrqijt borrowing it \vap,tiie..duty ; .pf,.fliii. . fine's q£ the policy' K'luoii'tiio colouyVuglit ■ " in the present .circums'tiiiices/i^He';0 tfotlid refer, to some''statcmintjj jof^tlj'bV: ; * )S/ -iiKfflnVei (t!ie: spealicr);'; ih;lS'S'i' : lcf tV^flfiicit'. of £150,000,- whereas in the. fn'st' r.of -. „, ,his r treasulership. there iw'iip ) '-.a ; aurpins , 'i.(if'i " ''£22,000; "SirJulihsyu^J/didhiot'inen^- ~. tion M m 18?|£230,000jw^HifribiK ) jed 'touio sinking! ii iitt,-SviiereiisJSitJ.uii lis-^ Agf in 1885 did not, soi his - lines thur'e' : liadvbcen a' stn-plus • ..pf __ £BO,OOO. v^inee^lS/O^liey^haxlii ■ '■'" pdriro vrett tweiity-two speiiir ! it, but in,that time:also';.TOiitnbuted/'t\yd'' anda : hhlf of-thp ■Sirikin'gfFuiid,'; •• ! '-•■ which'" made '.tlie ■ oi '''an'd' J a-hiilf millib]is';,;;;.;i)qi;iiigStlio/saiiie. period _ thoy - oi "^imii J a J - ; quarter i ;iniilion'sv'-iii;/imiynitip^ : ■ two and a : on Postal'ijiifi' ■'" r 'oii'NfitiVe lands, >' He! said. riplWri^pf-thgi' expenditure. garded, thein'as' reprbd'uetiye'/of;; .boiiro w,&l ■ ■Honey."- Thcn ; tliey.had;';spen|;&;ioclJ '•-'out,.pf every pomid • works;.. Referring vtp;-"JG:ii/tiiin!^' : iel's resolution: f()r./tlie;^ietiictioi] ! of ypts fynpublic iio't;,em'i , works.;had, been .atopped: ; ;tHroiu;hfthat jediictifln, «13 Ministers liiitl.gonp'.'pjiWitii' ■-their public works sc!icmes : ; J ,prqtty''miuch' ■ Mktoefprp,-. as ihey ofSwiy to liabilities erjujil t.o!'> tlie aniount. .-(they asked %;■;. 'Major; Atkiii^ou/tlieii' ''■" criticised the proposed^Wrowmg^polio/ 1 , of the GoyeH»ufintj-;-:aiid^cohdfiinne((- 1 iLiftrongly the great /'borro.win'g^schoin'el; ; »«B r ..jjikely , : .:to;;,:!ead ::.j-.M^i.liiiiinciai ; ' j?jflisijij;er,,;j. supposing :jwo!:l AilliOnfela':' '.'iffliw proposed l beirpxpended^atii'tlie' • ;>I ' ; end,'flf the'fpurth iyonry.'.cveri.>yith jestra- . .. there, would ; : be ,i : . it,' deficit'.! of; £120,000 a year. ;!Tliisnmv .'departure' l! .jftnd, this, grand schenio ,ivlis. only>. to /«over-• ■: sanction the ..'expenditure iiof ity .; _ millions on the East and West Coast-rail": way. TluVjailway will haye to be. made' someday/but only in dud'fcime. ■■' Auck-' ; ■. land fflia Wellington had had to .wait''fy. yearsllPfore any attempt to'coimect them r .._. was'faade, and it would take, fodr years'j ye"fc to do it.,. Sir George Grey chilli and .Hokitika said ho ; wdiild wait, fortllpc'oniiectio'ntill.itcould be=reasoiiablydonoahd without kipVsing burdens "■ upon the-peoplp. ■ It was hot fair: that tlje' ' colony should be taken by the throij't ! because Tiienibcrs of the Ministry' repre- '

sonted AfCdnterbnry constituejiuy, and,bo , told tl|at the East and West Coast railway: 'Mfttis constructed, He would, resist to : tho proposal to liijike 5 per contribution peir'jieiid to (Jqstoms revenue, and would r'csjst any inerea.se of taxation except, to ■ BaJWvoi'ks and the Colony's engagements 1 . AgjAttue samo-timo it was unwisTWcuToff 'mortoiringabsolutely; --They should, ;us WlUsittUss men;'t'ako stock, 1 anil-'btjTpw' a JirftitecTTam'bunt■'• siud,-, go. ''w%\ conv . platd then' bxisting'railways Ho'-'jftyjjig ' .]loiiltS.i; .'.Tlioli '■ thoy ■ shoulcl cortipiiitd ; the North Trunk Railway, and extend jiortlleril; railway ~ complete, Ofcugo /central •;tq point, and. some;. : othcr '/lines, • ;,& appve'tl:o{ Sir,.G«pi'ge-Gie)i's.*tliirid , (gepe/nent/scheino bejn» triedjfceutiitively , 'in'certain districts favorably situated!! in ) order to test-the'sinccrityi.:of peonlo to ■ settle uponHhViand, 'if i\jhlic Works hwsre , :-.riiihecl ! 'lh'ronpK;; .nvusfc| he- &'' "■ sudden 1 '' 1 ending.']! 'mfcaiit'to-'the 'Coltiby ttifejr '\v6uld i ' i ill ; limagliieV He condemned ,Mr" 'sasjioejs : "Native 1 policy , : andsiw a lwst'of difficulties: in future through it., Maoris should, jhave--fflft l'e'laiidsreserved fo'r''tiiem,','an(l. ),he. m should be bpuglit by ,t!ie^n)wn ; .ahd 1 ' kß^ipiin'ded;sothat natives could,/Ijaye; ■ lan'inte'resfcth'e'rein;;But'ho.w.ou'l'd'neve'r beaparty : td''ciiitinw'\^ : cl& of Majori. . 1 in,the.M'tli Isiaiiiuj''^VHs"'jS&ii- '. E»oluded !, by expressing his."gratit'iido/tf). Hithe \'.'Jrlon: 'J.' Bryce tub' i Minister for setting right.tliejiolonists'as TwlScThimself in the eyes.pf the Empire !

and of Hie World against slanders which were circulated in the so-called History of the Colony. Major Atkinson concluded -liia address amidst chews. A cordial vote "(if thankY™ accorded, a hostile amend:, nichf being rejected tmiid.it hisses, some' two or three hands only bcin*' held up for it/: ■ "'• '• ''"'>''■