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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8082, 24 September 1887, Page 3

The New Zealand Times, in a leading article on the situation, says:—" We have previously expressed an opinion that the events of 1884 are more likely to be repeated than those of 1879, if for no other reason than that the great general who carried the campaign of 1879 to so triumphant a conclusion is no longer ac active factor in political life. Sir Frederick Whitaker's astuteness in strategic combination it was that brought the Hall Ministry through their perilous predicament in 1879, when their minority of six was converted into a majority of two by tha sudden tranter of the votes of the ' Auckland Four.' He was the Von Moltke who planned that campaign. Sir John Hall and Major Atkinson were simply the King William and th« Crown Prince of th« oocasion. So long as the late Ministry had Sir Frederick Whitaker as their general they triumphed. Directly they lost him they were defeated. The attempt in 1884 to repent the expert* ence of 1879 was « signal failure. Will the first effort of the present Opposition be more successful next month! Will a nuccessor to Sir Frederiok arise and lend a a equally astute brain to the oontrivanc* of aa ad quate eohemo of battle