North Wairarapa Liberal Association.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4920, 8 January 1895, Page 2

North Wairarapa Liberal Association.

MrA.W.HoqgMM The usual weekly meeting of the North Wairarapa Liberal Associationwasheld on Monday ovoning, Mr 0. Hughes presiding. The first and most important part of the busi. ncss was the completion of the tesfk, moiiial and presentation to Mr JSL W. Hogg M.H.R, by tho fbnßT handing over of a supplementary purse.

The Chairman, in making the presentation said it greatly pleased him to see the services of a good representative acknowledged. The purso was not so large as it might have been; mistakes had beoa made in the manner in which the affair had been carried out, but he felt sura everyone had clone their very best in his own individual way to make the issue successful. Mr Hogg, before acknowledging the presentation, read the following telegram which' he had that day received from the Hon. W. P. Beeves i —"I see by the papers that your | friends are to make a presentation | to you to-night. I am very pleased , that your steady and unflinching loy--1 alty to your party will be recognised ! so fitly." Jlr Hogff said liefoltsura | that everyone had done their best. , It was most particularly gratifying i to him, and to the party in the : House to which he belonged, to find J such evidence of the | his services, which went to showwßf > , he did not represent one portion of" the constituency,, or one half of the • olectorsonly, but that he represented ; the whole electorate, and this strengthened his position very considerably with his party in the House. This circumstance in his political career would have a beneficial efecA upon young politicians, by shtfw% ■ them that services rendered to their constituency instead of studying self, interests, did not go unrecognised. This constituency, by its action, had shown its belief in the principle of payment of members, and ho considered that if the electorate was to be represented as a whole, payment of members was absolutely neces-. sary. He need not now. go into questions of policy as he intendedto address a. public meeting very shortly, and explain his past action and what course of action which he considered was necessary to ' follow in the near future. Some ■ supporters of the Ministry thouajt they had done quite, enough lefff '■ lativework, and that they should now confine themselves to adminis- '■■ tuition, but he entirely-differed with 1 thein,he thought they should still » 0 '• on,aud should not go on in any 6lowcoach fashion;,they .should not throw down their legislative weapons' but should ever be ready to right a wrong where necessary',';He Hoped /matters connected ■:' with" "Local 'Govern, ment would' be attended, to : Af 'greats-deal. ,qf. riihportint work entrusted iVfcOjfolocal bodies, but' Ke V ould iii©-to ee^

still more important work entrusted to them. Anything further he might have to say he would leave for a public meeting. Correspondence wasread from tho Rev. J. 0. Andrew on the Rabbit t Act.—From the Secretary of the Canterbury Progressive Liberal Association, suggesting modes of notion, It was resolved that both letters be discussed at next meeting;