The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, APRIL 3,1886. MR STOUT AT INVERCARGILL

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2261, 3 April 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, APRIL 3,1886. MR STOUT AT INVERCARGILL

Mr Stout before a public meeting at Invercargill seems to be a very different fflan to the Premier at the. la6t meeting of the Assembly. Apparently no longer under the sway of Sir Julius he has uttered sentiments which do him honor, provided that lir does not recali the,m when he is once more subjected to the persuasive -presence of the Colonial His recent speech at Invercargill is one that might have been made by Major Atkinson himself, but it certainly could never haye been delivered by Sir Julius Yogel, When Mr Stout declared th.at in his opinion the time had arrived when the Golony should edge off borrowing, he clearly dissociated himself from Sir Julius Voxel's "leaps and bounds" policy, and when he told his audience that they must be thrifty and diligent, and then the depression would

pass away, lift uttered a favorite Atkinsonian maxim which his colleague, the Colonial Treasurer, lias been wont to ridicule. Mr Stout in his recent address did good service on the land question by completely demolishing Sir George Grey's visionary Bcheme for purchasing big estates and sub-dividing

them on the quit rent system. We regret that in speaking of the Public Work 3 policy of the Colony he expressed a desire to throw roads and bridges overboard, as a due provision for these works is absolutely essential to the progress of the Colony, and to ; the success of onr railway system. It is, however, hardly to be expected that Mr Stout should understand tho value of roads and bridges to the community, He is a denizen of towns, and his colonial experiences have been almost exclusively confined to centres of population. We can forgive the Premier of the Colony, however, for being a town man, when he speaks as Mr Stout has spoken at Invercargill, honestly and straightforwardly, not seeking to catch promises of political support by making specious promises, but, on tho contrary, telling unpleasant truths as boldly as ever his predecessor, Major Atkinson, uttered them,