MONSTER MEETING IN DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 183, 29 September 1876, Page 12

MONSTER MEETING IN DUNEDIN.

Had there been any reasonable doubts as to the feelings of Duuedin and Otago generally on the question of Abolition, they must have been set at rest by the meeting held on Wednesday evening last, at the Princess Theatre, (where the line of action pursued at Wellington by Messrs Macandrew and Stout met with the enthusiastic applause of some 2000 people. We much regret that our limited space prevents us from inserting in our columns the speeches made by the gentlemen in question, and on the conclusion of which, they were cheered to the echo ; we are, however, enabled to lay before our readers the resolutions which were carried with the utmost unanimity. They were as follows : " 1 st. (Moved by Mr Lawson), that Messrs Macandrew and Stout are entitled to the hearty thanks of this meeting for affording their constituents this opportunity of mutually hearing andexpressing opinions in reference to the pastandfutureof New Zealand polticß. That, in the opinion of this meeting, the Otago representatives who hare acted in opposition during the present session of the Assembly, have faithfully, honourably, and nobly fulfilled their trust, and deserve, and have, the entire sympathy of the great bulk of the inhabitants of Otago in their efforts to obtain justice for, and maintain the rights and privileges of, the people of this Province. 2nd. (Moved by Mr Maloney) that, in the opinion of this meeting, it is hopeless to expect anything like justice to Otago from the present House of Representatives, and that the Superintendent and the Executive be strongly urged forthwith to convene a nieetiDg of the Provincial Council, with a view to the necessary legislative action being taken to obtain a plebiscitum of the people, so as to ascertain their wishes and opinions as to the form of local self-government best calculated to secure to the ProTince the exclusive enjoyment of its own resoiirces, and the control and administration of its own affairs. 3rd. (Moved by Mr Hutchinson) that His Worship the Mayor, as Chairman of this meeting, be hereby respectfully requested and authorised to forward the foregoing resolutions to His Excellency the Governor of the Colony, and to the Colonial Secretary." A slight interruption was caused by Messrs Grant and Lloyd, and some one of that pestilent crew that delights in causing annoyance and discomfort to respectable persons had shaken a quantity of pepper through the building, but that was the only unpleasantness that occurred.