THE GOVERNOR'S DEPARTURE.

Evening Star, Issue 8718, 9 January 1892, Page 2

THE GOVERNOR'S DEPARTURE.

TO THE XDITOB. I Sib,—l observe by to-day's ' Times' that 1 a meeting of citizens was, by circular, held yesterday afternoon at the Town Hall, for the purpose of arranging for a banquet to be given to His Excellency the Governor prior to his departure from the colony. This is a very proper movement, but I am considerably surprised that at the meeting the whole of the city and suburban members of Parliament were conspicuous by their absence, Mr Fergus also, although not a local representative, but who resides in Qanedin, and to all intents and purposes is practically a local representative, was also absent. What does this mean ? Do the local members of Parliament, who assuredly must have been invited, mean to insult the representative of the Crown upon his retirement from his official position ?. Or what is it ? It oannot surely be that this is one cf the hole-and-corner affairs for whioh in the past Dunedin has been so unfortunately celebrated! Surely Mayor Chapman, who was returned by the voice of the people, is not going to set np an era of snobbery, or allow himself to be led by a few self-elected representatives of snobbery ?—I am, etc, Citizen, Dunedin, January 9,