A NORTHERN POLITICIAN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXIV, Issue 144, 7 July 1888, Page 3

A NORTHERN POLITICIAN.

Next to Victoria there is no colony m the Australasiaik group which ia characterised by such " go-aheadness " aa Queensland. It may be said that this is m a large measure due to the fact that its natural resources are greaty the territory is vast, and there ia- consequently every encouragement for j speculation. That is, of cmise, true, but it should be remembered that the vast resources of the northern colony would not have been so rapidly developed.had it not been for the enterprise of its' colonists. Wise legislation has much, very much, to do with the progress of any colony, particularly m ita early days, when its population is small and its revenue correspondingly limited". Good legielation involves the necessity for having good legislatorsmen possessed of high intellectual capacity> a genius for statesmanship, a fervid patriotism, and a knowledge of everything that is the newest and the ■ be3t. Without such men no colony would make progress. Happily m ! these colonies there are such men to I be found, although their^ number is not large. Such an one is the Hon • George Thorn, M.L.A., ex-Premier of ' Queensland, regarding whom it is the J object of this articlu to say a few words • more particularly with regard to his connection with that colony. Mr [ Thorn was born m Sydney m 1838, i and eventually graduated at the Syd- ; ney University as Bachelor of Arts. He subsequently proceeded to Queensi land, and settled m Ipswich, of which i town, now a thriving place, his father ■ was the founder. In 1867 he was re--1 turned to the Legislative Assembly of J Queensland for West Moreton, which • district he represented m the two sue- ! ceediug Parliaments. In 1874, then ' being a member of the Ppper | House, he accepted the position 1 of Postmaster-General. He signalised his term of office by instituting ' a number of reforms m the Postal Ser- ■ vice with which his name will ever be i associated. Through his instrumentality many new post ofiices were 1 opened, and telegraphic communication with distant parta of the colony 1 vigorously extended. His capacity for administration soon brought him into 1 \ notice, and it is no matter for marvel , I to find him m 1876 filling the positions of Premier and Minis er of Public . V T orks, which afforded him further ; upporSuui tiea uf proving his Btateaman«

like qualities. H> subsequently viaited ' Europe, und was, as a man possessing his powers of observation could not fail t<> be, imbued with many new idwis, which, if carried out m his own colony, would fend to its advancement. Af ter'hia return he re-entered, Parlia- • ment an member of the Legislative Assembly for Faaifern, which constituency he continues to represent with zealous care. Mr Thorn, is a man of splendid physique, and with an excellent constitution, but as is weinoiown even the strongest are not proof against disease. Such was his experience, but as one would expect of a man who is capable of diiec ting the affairs of a vast and important colony, he sought for and found a remedy for his malady m . Warner's Safe Cure. He writes from Ipswich, September 2nd, 1887, thus : — "I have recommended. Warner's Safe Cure to many people, who have aufferedfrom various complaints,, and m every case a cure has been effected. Personally I have used the medicine and derived the greatest benen"t,from it." Testimony coming from such & statesman as Mr Thorn .cannoo foe questioned, and jiiees the remedy to which it refers on the highest plane of value.