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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2655, 18 July 1889, Page 2

The Colonial Secretary, Hon. Mr Hislop, has introduced the Bill he has substituted for the Representation Bill which was withdrawn after the debate on its second reading. The new Bill is short, but the few clauses it contains are to the point. It provides for the amalgamation of city constituencies into single electorates and fixes the quota for country members at '25 per cent, by deducting that quantity from the population of the cities of Auckland, Wellington, Ohristchurch and Duncdin, and adding it to the population of the country districts. The Bill does not appear to meet with any more favour from the city representatives than the last one did, and it is certain to excite bitter opposition and much party strife. The battle over the quota will be still fought out. The danger, however, is that it will open up the whole question of reduction of members to seventy, and encourage the attempt to procure a repeal or modification of the Act of ISB7. The opportunity, no doubt, will be eagerly seized by designing members to secure that object, if it can be gained, by setting the House by the ears over the quota.