THE PREMIER AND AGENTGENERAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 203, 31 August 1887, Page 5

THE PREMIER AND AGENTGENERAL.

tetter from Sir Billon Bell's Son!

Mr H. Dillon Bell, solicitor, son of the Agent - General, writes to the " Times " ; stating that he is unable to understand how Sir R. Stout's conduct can, with any ■ fairness, be made the subject of at. j tack. He adds: "My father would be, the last man in the world to consider of! small importance the circumstance that the contents of a private letter written by the Premier to the agent of the colony in J London has been divulged in a telegram sent by the London agent of the Press Association. Indeed, the conduct of public1 business would be almost impossible if the confidence of such correspondence were nob respected, and the Premier's amazement at its publication must be shared by everyone who impartially considers the relations existing between the Government of the colony and its representative in London. T write without any knowledge of the facts, but I venture to predict that when the facts are known, it; will appear that the information was nob supplied to the press directly or indirectly I by the Agent-General and further that the j person who did supply it must have grossly betrayed my father's confidence."