ELECTIVE GOVERNORS.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 281, 29 November 1887, Page 4

ELECTIVE GOVERNORS.

Last night Sir George Grey had occasion to point out in the House of Representatives, as he has frequently done before, that one more of his proposal 8 had been adopted by his political op" ponents, viz., that for the reduction of Ministerial salaries. It is the misfortune of progressive statesmen to be misunderstood and maligned when they inaugurate measures which are in advance of the times, and their only consolation is to see their ideas being ultimately adopted by some timeserving politician who does not scruple to reap where he never sowed. In relation to the question of, making the post of Governor of the colony elective Sir George Grey has shown the same prescient power that has marked his connection with New Zealand politics in the past. The Sydney " Telegraph," in a thoughtful article on this subject, says : —

"In giving notice of a measure to make Governors of New Zealand elective, Sir George Grey can at the most be only said to be anticipating the progress of events. That ho is unduly anticipating the requirements of the time there can be little doubt. It can scarcely be maintained that any feeling calls for the change he is proposing, and it is not easy to point to any definite circumstances making it desirable. . . . • That it is only premature musty we think, also be admitted as equally clear. It is only the condition of our youth and comparative unimportance which enables the present Bystem to exist. But • theso are conditions that are changing every day. If in this .colony instead of one million we had a population of four millions, it is hardly likely that we should be content to go to the Colonial Office with the request that it would be pleased to nominate a Governor for us. If we did it when we were four millions, it is absurd to suppose that wo should do so when we had ten. We shall then without question appoint our Governor, or whatever the head of our Executive may then be called, in some different way and by ourselves. It is all a question of time and growth. The position of tutelage and dependence in which we stand now is one which it is our destiny to grow out of. . . . . So that it is practically certain that the time will come when the idea of Sir George Grey will be fulfilled and when the colonies will in some way or other appoint their own Governors. The suggestion is always met by the reply that the people would not be so well satisfied to elect a man of their own to the post as to receive a man sent out from the home country. The answer to this is that | nothing accommodates itself more readily to changed conditions than such a senti--1 ment as this, the creation of mere habit. The States of the American Union seem quite satisfied with the men they elect as Governors, quite as well as though j they were nominated by the Government of ! tho'Union. And it is worth remembering I that the principle of appointing Governers by the Colonial Office has been largely 1 limited by the Canadian Constitution, under which the Lieutenant-Governors of the different provinces are appointed by the Executive Government of the Dominion." '

Our contemporary sneers at the Imperial federation idea, and appears to hint at an Australian Republic as the xpal towards which these colonies are drafting. In so doing, it drops into the error* nf looking too far ahead—thus committing, in an intensified form, the mistake attributed to Sir George Grey. Federated Australia might, on the plan of the Canadian Dominion, receive a Governor-General from London, while each colony chose its own Governor; and there is nothing to mar the permanence of such an arrangement, provided that the separate legislative independence of the different colonies were fully secured. The mistake committed in Canada has been to make the bond too close. To use a somewhat ignoble comparison, hounds cannot run well in leash unless they have free play for individual action. It is amistaketo assume that to give the Australasian colonies power to elect their own Governors is an approach to "cutting the painter," uniting our little boats to the great British Ship of State. Like the bogey of Separation which is raised by the opponents of Home tfuie for Ireland, this cry is only put forward by ignorant or interested parties, or by those who are hopelessly allied with the "stupid party" in politics. Elective Governors will be the rule in Australasia in the coming years, and yet the heavens will not fall, nor the British J

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n A i p^e^ ou _rirr^ - ; ■?i Sergeant Gamble X° D ln sf. mandel. w ou a visit to j^ A movement is «n v Volunteers and some of t\ W*& -t_ ** late <W%%*&l towards erpnt; n _ y "istitnte '__ : also to def ay sol e a D T morial Mm S committee has alreaS hi h . &* A sff*» being ehSn b Pitt secretary, f r om whom _* - *) ot &<*. connected with __?_322i!Swß With reference to ' Q_t__****i which is now visible S&fflft 1815, butt the Australian S___?*2W to the Sydney ««MorniSw l ??' **_ lows : "The ( S by observations made ____P on August 27th at Bm_ o? 11 August 30th, 2nd. The comet pltsedl October 11th, at dffiS of W° <> miles from the been slowly recedin_ from _. the earth. TwS_s_W^ within the past tS£gSSB__S been attended with serkml n„ ht . haT « Whilst engaged kicked out and sent Mm ?i. V faUing ) hefeU^ S o_ one o! the forks For a few minutes Kenny was immediately sentm? „ I tended to the sufferer, whoS'SS# avourably. Itwas at the spine was injured, but uS SSi tton it was found that he hadCy'S a severe bruise in his side. l $W The criminal sittings of tt_ _ ■" Court will be opened 2 o. _J_s_? December sth. The. pj_ife# far comprises the following oa ße^ Wfc Morton, alias Bmmg.,S £_"&' alias Charles Roberts, and larceny; RobertStorfSnSSff ing (two charges); Walter JamS£- elarceny; William Smith,, f_£ 2 tences (two charges); Henry HeusckS Bargo te, Wm. Bargotte, and jSgjg, lick, forcible entry; John Sheeny, -_t John Michael Knox andJThoWS' breaking and entermg;\P_tri c k :B ed}S and MargaretCarroll, alias Bedford, b_v from the person with wlence; Al_-__di Polley, attempted suicide; ThomasMV and bolomon Kelly, breaking and entetf/. Mary 0 Connor, manslaughter;" rf Fowler, larceny as a bailee; Charles Donald. John Brown, Edward Lumpkin, '■'__ Christmass, and Richard Hackett. killbwith intent to steal; Edward Scofct, receiv ing stolen property; Robert Dtmlop and Wm. Scott, larceny. , ■ Municipal authorities are very emtio in their dealings with the 'Salvation Army, and it is difficult at' tiauaSio see the principle on which they'iot; The Onehunga Borough 1 Coubcil have, it appears, requested'the Army notto march with music through the t»tree_im Sundays, except during 'hours rf divine service, and the officer' in .iconmand has written ba_kiHidedi__g to be placed under any i rseWc-M, as there area great number of sinnersia Onehunga whose soulb ; require' savi%_ the Council must be aware, and.tittder these circumstances the soldiers of the Army must do ;„.Ir di_y}*sa Sunday was their field dayi, teij_t towns the playing during theitops worship is what is objected t."„i Goulburn, 'New South Waleß, the-fyk prohibits the Army from eariyingatew in their and the standardbearer was lately fined for -ontraraiiiis this regulation. Against bbiis cdnvi_f_bi_ _fae Army has appealed to the SupremrWt, on the ground that the; by-law''is' _!m vires.- -' ; :r < At a meeting yeet-fday afternoon'oftha Committee of the Auckland Political Financial Reform Association the" following reso-. lution was unammously agreed "t», and tha substance telegraphed- to Mr D. Gqldie, M.H.R.', with a requesfcithatne it to the House this eveni_g:- H That this Committee remain strongljr of the opinion that was 'expressed ;-" irk .'their telegram to their vie. • chairman, Mr Gbldie, M.H.R., on the 16th instant, that the Government financial retrenchment proposals should have prewt 1 ence of all others, and reiterates its hope that Auckland members will patriotically =upport that course which will ensure inmediate practical effect beinggiveii lative enactment'; to the, proposed, etoctments in the departmental appropriatipns.

At the meeting of the Council last week a letter Was iw'fnn * Baber, member of the Crown I__ds», Auckland, to the following effect:. M desirable that the kauri gin* mdnetr/ should be placed under the control of county councils, the chairmen having power M orevent digging for or gum ing from such licenses to * °c. eonuty* venue. It should be remembered *» : the kauri gum is a valuable - *>*_** employing a great J^f a g& sons, quarter of;«£ng per annum, and likely to "«*£ years; also that, in am Leat damage is done to foreste,-tofflg, and private property, without W£® SsaSff tf 4Mg Sut checking it, appears tobewqg Possibly this could be dW tbmfj>f 3E_» lengthened was resolved, /'That -m_w «P this Council it is councils have control of and that the moneys coming lrom source be county revenue. , Three cows left grazing in.* pm*, Ponsonby on Sunday evening. .Mg a lengthy search and n . um^?_^ BP ; hij the owner succeeded Mount Eden. ?e ,F int^. m * l *> • _, nf the country The mineral resoles of the north of Auckland are' Wjjgg d_ Sown as yet, but ff ef covered to^.. i S^? B W>i-*»; The "Northern Advocate ;. ust beeu Sh deposit found at Wmg deposit<*»"£ ot water carriag e. V^^rfraa J amined with the , m^ n ifs ße a. to quantity,and for analysis, all of n * h SS ofthedj 80 per cent. f ew g fn"e SS-one of whom by b»»w> ■ expert, although not aiway i Kided in «_*_«**& w^SsjsS'gri _t£_Etv* ■

n 1 Sessions of the Supreme ?.J_» Crt ffll J„ Monday next, but will be m °PfL the Registrar, at the request SWWJ Gillies, until Tuesday morn*?£i o-ctock. Witnesses and W 8b Soned to attend on Monday need i<S_ tilTucsday ' hires are in demand. Sales regaion s na (ex dividend), Cambria are torted B t /V 'fa and Prince Imperial W_f selle rs 4s. Trenton have ,|39 "'demand at about 3s 3d. Other rlull Bank of New Zealand are stocks are ] £.j*2 12s. Land Mortgage have *Wft 21s 3d. There are sellers of n£ _inlss Thames Gas are inquired »o quoted sellers. * ~,, i« e (T(r-producing food" is a for feeding fowls and it is W'Mai the result of using this food is **"*.__ enormously the number of eggs »-tf-Y all kinds of poultry. Air Sohofft Onehunga, has started the making m.° finable economical stuff, and ex- „„,. P it nlaeed on the market in the ~tstOD a>l ' i SUafewday, _ __ a crowded congregation at St. jMXrcli, Hamilton, on Sunday ?* 3 vnen Bishop Gowie preached an fio °i sermon specially applicable to dozens "■ ( g on ti emftn t, o ok his f m°!?nd chapter of Haggai, 4th verse, ye people ofthe Lord, and ,m purincr the course of his sermon r__<ro alluded to his contemplated tf&land, and said that he should "*•_- __out 18 months, but he trusted >■*£Wturn to find that good a P°?; n j been done in his diocese. At the ffim the sermDU aboub 24 candi - JJsffere confirmed.

There was again a large attendance at the iural Hall last night when the Snrk Minstrels performed to the satisEn of the audience the Amazon march _f§_waterfall scene being much admired. Star change of programme is promised JUrroff (Wednesday) evening. in? the passengers by the Waihora sy.neywreMrandMrsl Cotter who _fh„noverto see tho Melbourne Cup __i_Mt A. Jackson (« Hippona"), who {libera over on that errand. Tie monthly retorting from the Prince ilrial mine produced 234czs of gold. & tons of general dirt and 1601b. M& stone were treated.

jfcmonthly meeting of tho Newmarket SmdofHopein connection with St. Alark's Z_ Kenuiera, took place within the banket Hall lasb night, when there nsivery large attendance. The Rev. I. rt__ presided, and the programme was njiaiaed by members and friends of Vic«l_oVe of Good Templars, as follows : _jjoin>, Mr. J. S. Allan ; recitation, Mr jtaLof' H.M.S. Raven; song, Airs fell; address, Mr E. Allan ; song, Miss jjreH; recitation, Air White; song, Air J8;Allen; speech, Air John Jenkins. £ Coleman accompanied the singers on iSipialo...

j The Sailors* Resb is now completed, and itaiurnished under the personal supevaii of the Rev.. J. S. Hill and J Fell, the Seamen's Alissionary. Ib gtsopened on Thursday evening with a kttegiving service at which Bishop _rie will preside. _j|evening the Ponsonbj' Baptist Band /Hojjojhekl their usual half yearly teaKing for the members. About 100 sat in, only those who had paid up their nthly subscriptions being allowed to the dtgeofthe tea. After tea the followi» programme was very creditably gone tough, Mr S. Alerrick in the chair : — ao°dnet, Misses Scott; recitation, Chas. Kjij-d; solo, Miss Shepherd; reading, -Barnes; solo, Air W. H. Patterson; kition, lliss E. Hampton ; and solo, ffelEeid. AlrGilmour gave an amusjpdinteresting address. Air Johnson, liifireymputh, also addressed the meetigpripg an interesting account of the lion the West Coast. The Band of i^eisgrowing in numbers and usefulness, lifers endeavouring to their utmost to itat and, train up the children iv tempice principles. Mimga tweed suits at 47s 6d, at __i_dCanghey's.—(Advt. )