GOLD EXPORT. Comparative retnrn of tbe quantity and value of gold entered for duty for exportation from New Zealand, for quarter ending 31st March, 1882.
HEAVY PINES FOR SELLING LIQUOR.
Chbistchxthch, May 18.
H. Mueller waß fined £50, on each of two separate informations to-day, for selling liquor at Amberley, without a license.
forgotten that in the paat, Major At kinson has not dealt fairly with local bodies. They were promised sub sidies for a term of five years. An Act was passed that they should be so subsidized. The Government broke faith with them by retiring the grant after three yeara. Whenever charitable aid is necessary, the funds of local bodies are ruthlessly impounded, whether those bodies have contributed a fair share or not to the cost of hospitals and benevolent societies. The conse quence is that Major Atkinson is not above suspicion. Hence a great deal of the good,' which he expects to result from his circular, will not be apparent. He has never hesitated to sacrifice the the interests of localism to centralism. Under these circumstances, we do not apprehend that his latest attempt to gain support will be very successful. It is just possible however that he may be able to elaborate a scheme which shall be acceptable to the Colony as a whole, diverse as are the interests and require ments of local bodies. Should he succeed in this, which is doubtful, he may obtain another lease of power. We will in a future issue, consider his present proposals, or rather sugges tions more particularly, and will take occasion to refer to the views of Mr Moss, M.H.R., respecting local govern ment, as embodied in a pamphlet recently published by that gentleman.
