CAPE COLONY.
THE GOVERNORSHIP DIFFICULTY.
Cape Town, April 30.
Sir HkrcultlS Robinson, Governor and Commander iu-Chiei in this colony and High Commissioner in the South Pacific, was entertained at a farewell banquet last evening. Sir Hercules has been requested to accept another term at the Cape, but so far has given no definite reply.
Sir Gordon Sprigg, Colonial Secretary, on behalf oi the Ministry has intimated that the colonist;; will in future seiect their Governors regardless of the Colonial Office.
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Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 102, 1 May 1889, Page 8
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