MR SEDDON AT HOME.

Waipukurau Press, Issue 6, 12 January 1906, Page 2

MR SEDDON AT HOME.

—o — In the course of a speech at the West Coast on Tuesday the Premier said that if they were going io do their duty to the tourist traffic, then they should get three or tour up-to-date hotels in Hokitika. it was immaterial to him, . nd was a matter for the capitalist, whether the hotel was a licensed hotel or a temperahce hotel. It was not a question of license or nolicense. What was wanted was more up-to-date accommodation for the travelling public. The Mayor had said he had not changed since he had been their member. He thought that if there was any alteration it should be in humility at the great honor Westland had paid him by continually returning him as representative. If they wanted their children to do what was just to themselves and their country, then they should place the best possible education within the grasp of all, so that the poorest child could obtain higher education at the University. He was glad to say that West coasters could hold their own in scholarships, and only that day he had shaken hands with the winner of the “ Plunket Medal,” the son of Mr Fitzgibbon, of Goldsboro ugh, a young West Coaster. Dealing with the question of Education at some length, he said he felt a further rearrangement was required, and a further increase in the salaries paid to schoolteachers. He also consideied that if they had State annuities placed within the reach of all it would be in the best interests of the people. With the majority of the Government in the New Parliament he had been asked would it not be a bad thing for the colony ? He unhesitatingly said, “ No.” He would never be a party to doing anything, wilfully, that would unjustly do injury to anyone.