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Inangahua Times, Volume II, 6 August 1880, Page 2

The Opposition, as indeed the country at large, is growing impatient at the delay of the Government in bringing dawn their Public Works Statement. The delay ia quite unprecedented, and 1 it ia hardly to be wondered that this constant procrastination should begin to excite auspieion. It has been apparent throughout that the Govern*, i ment have Vwffieient majority to en- 1 able them to carry almost any measure, and with this power, it ia hard to comprehend what motive there can be behind all this delay. The Eatimatea 1 have been pretty well got rid of, and the Government have had tl\eir own way upon almost every item, 'have fn fact carved out the whole work of fc session to their ow» liking, and it does seem a little fcy-'CrJc. - Q Houee apd the country sbould be kept so long in the dark upon a question of such large importancb as the Public Works Poliuy of Ul9 future. The

House has been in session for some* thine like four months, and for twothirds of that time the Colony has been apprised of the lines upon which the Public Works Policy would be cast, and we are not aware that the Government has since met, with any rebuff sufficient to upset the programme indicate! 1 , by tho Colonial Treasurer*. ' Parliaments have been held in this Colony with a more plikii Opposition than the present one. Tbere has in fact been no Opposition worthy of the name, and we tf-frefore think that this persistent holding back of the PubUaSJWorks Statement as either [darkly strategic, and certainly uncandid.