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MR BEETHAM AT MAURICEVILLE.

•'A "ell attended meeting mot: Mr Beethani at theschdolhouso on Saturday.- at Miuiriccyilie,over 100 bemg present, and on the proposal of Mr Beotliam Mr Gunderson .was voted to the chair. Mr Buethani, in his opening remarks, stated that ho knev» the constituents of Mauviceville would Rice him the best of hearing as heretofore. Ho stated that ho had done his best in the past to further the intoreats of the constituency, and ho would only be too pleased lo answer any questions that might bo brought forward, Ho was pleased to see a groat many now faces in tho building that night, On the ptevious occasion he had to have an interpreter, but as all assembled could speak English- he felt sure they would be able to understand him. The main portion ot tho speech was the same as appeared after his .meeting at Masteiton. Ho .advocated a village settlement'scheme as the best, and believed that the sale of Crowa hnds was not. satisfactory, By the perpetual lease system the 'settlor had the opportunity to settle on tho land before it was his freehold, and thero was no doubt the deferred payment system had suited; everyone.. He held that a loan should be raised from England, and-pointed' out,where money could be proonred at to 5 per cent. It could not bo obtainedin New-Zealand for less than? andß per cent. Mr Beetham pointed out that ho did not with "further taxation, and certainly did not favor a land tax. In the case of absentees he said that he was not iu favor of them, and land held by .them should be taxed heavily, especially where little or no improvements were being done, and that in any case the absentees should pay as imioh as the industrious settler. He did not wish to see large estates, and urged that the more people settled on the land the hotter. Ho referred to Mr Balfour holding a largo amount of land and said that he should

like to seo it cut up. When on the Land Board he (Mr Beefcham) found thatjlr Balfour had applied for many sections, He, however, moved a losolntion that the sections should be cut up for porpotunl lease, and drew attention to the fact that it was of tho gtcatest importance tho land should bo cut up for this purpose. Ho pointed with great satisfaction to the many acres felled through the cordial relatious botweed capital and labor/ The

capitalist could not live without the workman, and the workman could not live without capital. He thought that if the Legislature would carry somo form of arbitration, and that if the labor question was put before them it would settle these disputes in future, but generally speaking he thought the workman was the chief sufferer. No doubt tho strike noiv concluded had 1 materially affected the whole colony, Tho greatest loss had occurred through tho export of coal, He then referred to the large export of mutton, aqd advocated that every settler should not look down on the capitalist as he opened up this trade. He wished to see more land

taken up, and felt convinced that sheep would always raamtaiti a fair price. Ho felt sure that by co-opera-tion the colony could export dairy produce to the extent of two millions and that the produce could be.sent by freezing chambers. If a proper system wero attained they could occupy all the lands profitably by the results of the dairy produce. Fruit should be considered an export well worthy of consideration. He thought that every Bettlor in Mauricoville should be able tQ export £2O or £3O worth of fruit a year, and thought the land akMauricovilleinmo3t instances was fit for the production of fruit. He was of opinion \re ought to be proud of our Education system and that the valuo of Education, reserves was increasing yea* by year. He was omj o{ those who assisted in passing, the Education Act and he had always opposed a ohange, Ho did nod consider wo should have religions teaching in our schools. In conclusion he expressed a wish that they would not bo backward in asking

| any questions. He had represented i them for the last fourtoen years, and i hud always supported the working man. Ho thought that if settlers economised thoy could obtain anything they might wish, Ho should be proud to represent that district, and hoped that his views fell ;n with theirs, He mentioned that he would soonor see Mr JJcOaidlo como forward to repreaant the district than Mr Hogg, as ho did not believe that Mr Hogg knew as.much about their wants as Mr MoCntdle, Ho wished to help bis friends by his services and now placed himself in their hands. (Loud oppifiuse.) •In auswer to questions, Mr Bcetham said be was sorry to find that the Friendly Societies Act was far from satisfactory, and his impression was the itegislature should step in. and sco to the adjustment of funds, eto, As far as ho could follow, the figuros were not satisfactory, but mentioned be was a great admirer of Friondly Societies,

Ho maintained that if Eailway omployeeß belonged to Friendly Societies thoy should not bo compellod toinsuretheir lives,and should the Commissioners, wish to compel a man to insure he certainly would not be in favor of the Railway Employees Insurance Bill.

He stated that he assisted when the Fencing Act was passing through Parliament, and did not believe in foi'olng any class of fence (lowa any man's throat,

No further questions being asked, Mr Johnson moved a hearty vote of thanks to Mrßectham for his address, which was seconded by Mr Vilo, On the show of hands the motion was carried unanimously, Mr Beotham having moved a voto of thanks to the Chairman, which was carried with applause, the meoting was concluded.

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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3664, 17 November 1890, Page 2

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MR BEETHAM AT MAURICEVILLE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3664, 17 November 1890, Page 2

MR BEETHAM AT MAURICEVILLE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3664, 17 November 1890, Page 2

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