Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY,) Suivant la verite. FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1884. A GLARING CASE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 104, 28 March 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY,) S uivant la verite. FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1884. A GLARING CASE.

V A pew days ago our telegrams informed as that a certain retur^ksked for by , M\\ \W\kidHf," MIH.R., v iu connection with rail way matters ..was nearly ready. The return m questidn^has tak.ei>/eight clerks, especially engaged on the work six months fcoSfornplgte, and will fill nearly 15,0065-large^sheeW ofMorms which had to be especially printed for the purpose, t -T-iie^osc' slates a-s a facb' that the return will take several cart to convey it to the Parliament Buildings; that^^peis^fmtffof ?j-efe^eSfie; iC (vilL more than cover the whole floor of the Houne ; that it -vould.take. o.^man,^ least a full year to"n»'tt«t6r*its efittfen'tA*, that it is utterly useless for any praetttotal cost will ne' somewhere about £2000. Our contemporary remarks : — " Ts a> cheerful commentary on the way public money is wasted through the weakness of Ao^er^n^entjijj .the ca^elessnfess -find.: ''negligence of Parliament', and the ignorance of pretent ious self-xtyled'" experts? If Mr Wright knewwhat he w^ ;; ,apki^7 fofcja ihen«^iei was guilty of causing a scandal.ous and indefensibly p\ece of reckless j^njjiiiß^l4sSF^xiriivkglnfefe. If. lie did not, then he has no right to sel up -for being an expert m railway nmna«ement. TheQseTe«* I sof t h e House m vbiiilg tor the rotu 1 n, and the weakness of the Government iv not ppj-qsing it. tothatCtmost^ -fere equally censurable. How is real retrenchment to be compassed ifilio money saved on the one hand is thus, shamefiilly l 'foolecl ' away "on" the Other ? " A considerable deal of unfavourable comment has been caused by this In:Vrflhn'ce' f)f "useless ' "extra vagaiice. ' Parliament should never have sancZ-ianed the preparation of the relurn alluded, to. Tf asked %•, a^ special vote ; for a much smaller amount, for some really necessary purpose, the reply would have been "No B\wds." And yet the country has to pay for the cojaipilatiou and printing of a return that perhaps no person 1 eyon# *6hOse who 1 were actually engaged m its preparation will ever take the 1 the trouble or have the leisure toai-ead'throngb, nnd ' which is absolutely useless to the ; general 'public.' We hope souie member of- 'Parliamoijt during the coming session will express the censure that is felt m the country generally at this glaring case, o$ throw* ing away money, wh.en ib is so difficult, ** ■.-,. .; JT;. • ,:• ■ / • JiA:i

vi H;'!, i'uiit!f< f V > i ; neoiw'uiry vVoi'kß, und wlit'.h the. eschrrjl'se-tt 1 is so empty. Two tlwiUtiand poniuin ! simply thrown away, -whili» •.voilv.s v^aro:.at •a'Sfcit^lstill, -vote*, to Education Boar-is and other Uodbs reilnceij, and refci'enchinent . ; and ecbiioiuy m eyery* depwrtiineut are the. order 6£ the day. ?;; . . - - s ;: