THE GOVERNOR QUESTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXIV, Issue 255, 16 November 1888, Page 2

THE GOVERNOR QUESTION.

PEESS CRITICISMS. (united pbess association.) London, Nov. 13. . The appointment of Sir H. A. Blake to the Governorship of Queensland still continues to excite lively discussion, and numerous articles have appeared m the press on the subject. . The St. James' Gazette remarks that democratic Queensland rejects the brother-in-law of a Duchess, because it wants a real live lord. The Dublin Freeman's Journal says that Blake was a draper's assistant m Dublin, and whose talent for amateur acting pleased the Earl of Carlisle, then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, so that he gave him a cadetship m the Eoyal Irish Constabulary. To his own politic behaviour, aided by a lucky marriage, he owes his subsequent promotion. - Baron.de Worms, m reply to a question m the House of Commons said it would be most unprecedented to accede to a request similar to Sir Thomas Mcllwraith's. fee delivered an eulogy of Sir H. Blake which was received with laughter by the Parnellites. Sir H. Blake will not leave for Queensland until the question of his appointment is definitely settled. • • The Chronicle considers that the feelings of-the colonists should b 8 consulted. Sir H. Blake was for two years one of the special resident magistrates selected to. carry out the pacification of Ireland, after which he was appointed Governor of the Bahamas m 1884. The Daily Telegraph m an article on the subject says Lord Knutsford is thoroughly imbued' with the traditions of the Colonial Office. In connection with Blake's past caeeer, it points out that fighting the Fenians and ruling the Bahamas is no training for a governor of a constitutional colony. If Lord Knutssord persists m sending him to Queensland the colony will probably refuse to vote the Governor's salary. ,