MR ROCHE AT TE AWAMUTU. (From our own Correspondent.) July 12.

Waikato Times, Volume 491, Issue VIII, 13 July 1875, Page 3

MR ROCHE AT TE AWAMUTU. (From our own Correspondent.) July 12.

Mr EL Roche, M.P.C., delivered his address or* Saturday afternoon, according to adver^j?9todfcfc in the Waikato Times. Very few afclpSia^ owing to a mistake in the advertisement. ' He spoke for an hour, detailing 1 at length his action in the late session of the Provincial council. He referred to the Superintendent's speech, which be said was one of the best over made in opening the Provincial Council in the Province of Auckland. Politically speaking, Auckland was very poor, and had very little money to spend. Only six months' supplies were voted, a^s the Provincial Government did nofc kno^^^ch^ge?^ njay fake plane after the next soter^ b£- PlfcinteriW £250,000 of Provincial revenue w^etrt t<^W&lm«ton ever 7 ye.ir, from which we got very lit' le back .The extent, of land purchased out, of the £2 >0,000 voted for that purpose, was 123,936 acres, of which onlj 2,699 acres were first-class land. With regard to education, hp thought a matter of such importance ought to be dealt with by the General Government, and that r\ should^e p.iid for out of the Coloni l^l^fifee. Sii^Su^prted x\lr DdVgf.ville's motion for a«£bn, B^iJjygmJ^ as he thought the consumer would "liave lo pay for it, as there was uothing in the home market to compete with it, so it would not fall heavily on the digger. He asked a question about bottle licenses. He merely asked the question because he was requested to do vo i^y Mr S^aranckf. The Provincial Secnjjpwu' %ii(Kjie /taQptH look over the Act. With rega"*(jLft frhe, %^l Jcmiing to the Koad Boards from, the" sales'* oi cormsoated lands, the General Government had refused to pay it, as they said they were themselves doing the works in the ' Waikato. He considered Provincial Councils as they are ac present constituted, a sham ; but he would be in favour of them if they had full powers. In his opinion both Governments were defective. He dwelt a good deal on the frauds reported as being carried on in the Native Land Purchase DenartmsnL s^ve instances where private individuaV^^i^alioWdNo "Purchase large tracts of gocd lami^wlGgLi.ou^hAti na#e been bought by the Government. He sp^ke about the Educational reserves in the Waikato, of which he produced a list, stating he had been requested by members of the Board of Education to do all in his power to try and have them leased. Afrer an address which was listened to with considerable interest, a vote of thanks was^is^ to MrNUoehe, and after a vote of Ihaqk^tothe c^ain^o>Ma,Nti)e meet ."ng terminated.