SIR H. A. BLAKE'S APPOINTMENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9218, 22 November 1888, Page 5

SIR H. A. BLAKE'S APPOINTMENT.

London, November 20. Lord Kntjtsford, replying to Lord - Dunraven, said Sir H. A. Blake's ap- - pointment was now xubjudice, and de- ' precated any discussion in Parliament as premature, and likely to impede the final settlement of the question. < Lord Dufferin, in the House of Lords, . asked what was the nature of the reply sent to Queensland. He considered j that if colonists maintained their right 1 to reject a Governor in whose appointi ment they were not consulted, the j result would be separation. Lord ■ Knutsford agreed with tins view. He ' said he was still deliberating upon his I answer to Sir T. Mcllwraith, and would j ! produce papers connected with the case . ! at a later elate. j It is reported that Sir W. C. Robin- . i son, Governor of South Australia, pro- | ceeds to Queensland. j Mr. W. H. Smith, speaking in the House of Commons, said the debate on i i the Queensland Governorship question j was premature. The difficulty was not j a serious one, and the matter was now . I receiving careful attention. He was I satisfied that by the exercise of modera- . I tion, and if the negotiations were carried 011 in good faith, they would secure a satisfactory solution of the difficulty.