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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3437, 17 February 1890, Page 2

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jl Sir G. Grey, Auckland, Febrnary 18. t< On'Thießdsfy riigllt Bir Ge'ofge Groy ; ' is to address a pnblio ; meeting in sapport of the views : of (lie AnliPoverty Society. !i''Nati^0 Vl 6nevanM." : ta,J

Auckland, February 15. •'** At a nieeti'iig.bf. AlrE.- : Mitolidson'';ii? aud : a large number of the Ngatirau. kawa tribe during the Native Miriister'a 'visit to the King Country, the ' principal matter discussed was a' complaint with regard to the decision ■'• ' } of the Land Court as to the ownership of ih? jJlangatautari lilock,, 'Mitch is claimed by the Written stutouieuts' 1 ' of the claim were given to Mr Mitohelßon, who said hu would confer with the Chief ;jlußtice on tho subject. He pointed i bat; that as the 'land had been sold, redreßß could be had only by petitionlog'Parliament.,,,... ci : .'< The'Janetßamsay Case'.'*' "'."' .'.. DoxKl)lKi;Mondijr, . ~ In bolb of the «otio,iß drought agiinst the master and owner of 1(19. Janet H»nisny,''tlio judgraHit for ,{2l and costs, )■;■'■:■; v -^ "' : U ■', --! .;.. iro J Duj>edw, Monday. George Taylor, a young man, was drowned in tlie Waipori fiver yoßttrdiiy. Ho was undressing, when bo' ■ did: off the bank into,tho. -water, Which waß eight feet deer), and ho sank, after a slight struggle, without ...j coming to tho surface. A Gambling Raid. Wellington, Monday,'' The gamblers nrrmtwl on B«iufduy were discharged this morning owing 19 i hi'lnforuHitioii |ieingim|)io|ifrly drawo 1 )/ uid not ilindosing Hiiy ottenre under he GiimlJiiig Ait,. Itjs, understood ilie jiolinewill be itt liberty to proceed ty' sunimpns., .The, jwi b'aVe bean Very-' iMrnifnl'as'sdriiV- '■' ..'•fi,.tbe defeudanis had no mowy,' ithers only a f«w ponce, and the ■largest amount possessed by any one wtui 'about 80s, -'•-*■ MR BRYCE'S ADDRESS.

.;*,' : HunLioS,*;' Fflbriiiry: 16, >' ;;,. Mr Bryoe, J 1 in'' > addrWing 1 ' -tthe ejectors of Hamilton on Saturday j aigbt, etateJ that it was only right >» he Blio v uld acknowledge.tho. exceeds „. ingly.banMiipe'niantjej: irt fli)i<l)i.™a)is .lintrict had' received him iu accept|ng' the services of one outside their district to represent,thpiiu Colonially, rather than locally, they had done honor to themselves in giving the selfish spirit of localism the greatest blow he had ever kuqwu,. ?Heßaid's I merited tributei'tOi the jatk lifetnw, Major Jackson, who bad well served the district and the Colony. He Inferred to the manner in which :■ Major Jaclipr.and bis,wsp | placed in the invasion oi Mehuki and ;iia followers at Alexandria, when I that fanatio was arrested. It whb | well for the country that services iuch aajliese should bereporaneiwedii .* Ho himself had no ca'useio taplaiii' i of'any want of recognition. He bad iu .JHot felt he had bean overpraised, but thou he bad often been overhlamed, They had burnt hira in effigy at the Thames, and the one perhapp . 'balanced the other. He came to a Waikalo to acknowledge the kind / "H uahnor in wliioh he had been treated the .election., With regard to Native affairs, although at one time he; had other ideas 'hat more of the .■and miglitbe conserved for them, ,'iejiad oomo to see-that there was r nnly one.wuy of dealing with the ~" •jueßtion, and that was that they 'hould, (brow in tilth' lot with us and feome .'oui ptiU, Jlewould,' howovtf, jeouvo for them ampk ,

the remainder would • deal with, theirs, He opuld. plainly see thai tho time was'ceming wlim the peoplo would uot consent to see large tracts of land lying unutilised, and not' bearing ' its. share, 'of the liabilities of colonisation. Speaking of local affahd, he said he would for one bavo/no hesitation whatever in imposing heavy'duties on local bodies and local men, but lie would give them extended' power with extended responsibility, Make local offices a real dignity, and plenty ~vof good men wouldbo found. With I j| regard to railways, as a tacit engigo- . nient w,w mado vfhon the lows were . wised that Hie'railways should be carried out in, the interest of euttlonient, a great 'injustice had been done, Thoy had been managed solely upon commercial principles, but imfortim. ately those p'inciplee were not of a praoticul business character, If they must be managed on commercial principles, arickf faith must bo broken with the colonists, let them be carried on on broad commercial lincs.and the t first of these would be the reduction s<i of freight and fares to the lowest minimum. In the matter cf retrenchment, he Mieved lie went ahead of his audience. Ho did not limit retrenchment to the reduction of salaries, Public Works must cease or fresh lonns be raised, , We must set oar faces Jead oßuinst borrowing; and only llio creation of n healthy political feeling could bring that-about. "On the matter of ovo-

perly taxation he, believed that.in all refpects every tax wbb objisioiuihlfl. Tk<\ chief argnmi-nt he had heard wJpiriat' it was that it was a tax on thrift and industry. 'Evsry tax must ■ necessarily he 'one on thrift aiid ihdußtry. The propei'tytax was a tax on accumulated industry. What rcaßou was there (hat property should not be taxed to maintain low and order that gavo the protection under which properly was engaged It was an insurance premium on he protection which it received. Another objection was that property yielding no income was taxed, That mci.iit that the industrious who made their properly \ali alio wtre to be tixed to the hilt, while those who left their lands unutilised were let go scot free! In Ins (.pinion it Was utterly iinpruc ticable to put the whole tiix>jtiun of jgbe count:')' on the land. '1 he single -Tax principle; was absurd ami ridiculous; k the.interests of the town,' equally with that of the country, Mich a policy would be little Ehort of suicide, lie bad a plan for reducing property tax'or abolishing it. With regard to tho supposed surplus, itewas sorry to see this was facing . away. To make up the loss of the proporly-tax by increasing taxation on tea and sugar was not the rosort lie would advocate, He would recommend them to elect men of character and intelligence.who would find many sources where the loss would be recouped by the saving of expenditure, tie also spoke at length on the Federation of the colonies but «onld not advocate.New Zealand taking pat t in it. Ourpresent education system as seoular was, he thought, a good tin He did not object to the sentiment of the Roman Catholics in declining the advantages of our svsten, but it was one that could not be , dealt with, There was r common ground on which obildron of all denominations night meet, and i denominational education be imparted i afterward. To recognise thwr ol jeo- | tions would be to destroy the national ■ eystera. A cordial vote ol thanks and ' jjfcfidence was carried with acolama- ', lion..'.