SIR GEORGE GREY.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 978, 28 November 1890, Page 32

SIR GEORGE GREY.

HIS RETIREMENT FROM P 0 life.

(per PRESS association.) Sir George GreJ 23 ’ not contest any Bca t at thVi* elections, and he will. ther«fn *- D P ro «W politio.l lit.. Though hufe"*» taS improved he has taken this , U » htt], advice of his doctors. Sir T* 08 chosen as one of the Übnm.„ ,? r S e Auckland City, the other two'? D . dldlt «« fj Rees and W. J. Napier be,n 8 1

W.th regard to Sir Geotgf ff er 2 *> ment from public life it fnnS re;i "' step is taken on the n his medical attendant. MeMrsV 0 * 10 ®’' Keesmg, who were to hav« Gee for the oity, have been inform “r®* 1 bi ® effeot. Although Sir Georl« dto tb “ better yesterday his health 8 CO W „f * oause his friends considerable n ont . lßoe < to m the opinion of his medica and retirement from public life and severance from the worry and pUIB political affairs is essential to hf, , C s re ' ot to health. A meeting Commit .ee will pmbably be “t Llberri venedto take into conaideratifi^fk ° oß ' which Sir George’s decision mak fi eO - h,DB9 r.mtg dby

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT ) . Th.H™ Zs .,tuTa l SSt'?hS. ; b, reeved i, „ ot With general regret, not only i n where he is so deservedly uomZ i e throughout the length and breadth f th Colony for no matter how widely his view on political questions may at times 5 differed from those of the majority of I peopie, he is universally acknowledged to : the most interesting and conspicuous C mNe w Zealand politics. The rflle which at one time he seemed to have laid out for himself that of guide, philosopher and friend to the people, was one that hi!’ i rare gifts, his wide and varied knowiodge his training and his eloquence appeared to 5 peculiarly fit him for, but it is a r6le beset : with innumerable difficulties, a rOle wbioh exposes the ablest to jibes and jeers, to mis. representations and in the end invariably leads to misunderstandings, irritation and disappointment. Sir George Grey has not escaped the fate of other great meD. He has seen his followers, once so loyal and enthn. elastic, grow cold and faithless, and his power and influence with the people, once 7 bo great, gradually ebb and wane. But these vicissitudes of public life made him not despondent nor discouraged. He constituted himself the ohampion of the people, the eloquent exponent of their inarticulate aspirations, the defender of their rights. He has done much for them in various ways—educationally, politi. cally, and locally—and no doubt would have been able to do more had their range of vision been always as farmeachinv as his own penetrating keu. He will cart|,with him into his retirement their affections and regard, and we are but giving expression to the sentiments of all classes in Mew Zealand in hoping that although he has oeaßed to be an active actor in public affalrß, his days may be long spared, for him to enjoy the rest and repose which he has so well earned.