THE DETACHED SQUADRON.
A Northern paper, Bays, in reference to the vi«it. of the r>etar)hed Squadron : — '•* Should the original plan of visiting Auckland only he adhered to, the Governor will go there by the Flinemoa, and probably Mr ••olleston will be the Minister in attendance, because Mr Whitaker cannot be spured from the Upper House, nor the Premier from the Lower House. An excellent suggestion ba3 been made, that when the Princes arrive the House should adjourn, and one of the Union boats be chartered to take members to Auckland. It is not, unlikely that this arrangement will be carried out, because it would be extremely ineonrenient for the Governor and Ministers to be absent when the House is in session." We should imagine it very unlikely that this arrangement will be carried out, and the proposal thus to delay the public business is a preposterous one. If it is necessary or desirable that the Governor, Ministers, and members should meet the squadron and the royal midshipmen, the proper plan is for the ktter to come to Wellington, and a cable message might be sent to the Home authorities to this effect. To move the Governor and the Ministry and members of both Houses of Parliament is verily " taking the cart to the horse." Post.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3133, 13 July 1881, Page 4
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215THE DETACHED SQUADRON. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3133, 13 July 1881, Page 4
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