THE AGENT-GENEBALBHIP. There seems to be much speculation in political circles as to who will have the honour of acting as Agent-General for this Colony in London. Why the Government maintain such a reticent attitude with reference to this matter remains 'an enigma, the solution of which is known only to those honourable gentlemen who are doing their level .best to guide the destiny of this splendid young country—a country, by the way, that is said to have such a “ magnificent future,” if only the all-important practical present is not played “ ducks and drakes” with, as in the past. Whilst the coming Agent-General is an “unknown quantity and quality/* except to the initiated, the coming whiskey is known by everybody; everybody is loud in its praises, everybody drinks it, and everybody pronounces it (Buchanan’s House of Commons Whiskey) the finest and best in the market. Wholesale Agents—- ' Fletcher, Humphre'se & Co,, v .£* .. „ v Christchurch*-
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 9510, 4 September 1891, Page 6
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153Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 9510, 4 September 1891, Page 6
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