LORD CARRINGTON’S SPEECH.
By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. DISAPPROBATION IN SYDNEY. (PRES 3 ASSOCIATION.) Melbourne, November 19. A question has been asked in both the branches of the Legislature whether the sentiments expressed by Lord Carrington in liis Bristol speech on Lord Knutsford’s administration of the Colonial Office ever existed in Victoria. Sir F. T. Sargood strongly defended Lord Knutsford, and declared that Lord Carrington’s stiictures were both unfortunate and unwarranted. Several other members of the Council also defended the Colonial Office, and went so far as to say that the cablegram was trumped up for party purposes. In the House of Assembly the Premier regretted Lord Carrington’s attack, ancl Mr Gillies defended Lord Knutsford. After brief discussions the matter was dropped in both Chambers. London, November 23. The National Observer refers to Lord Carrington’s Bristol speech in uncomplimentary terms, and asserts that while he was Governor in Sydney his indiscretions were concealed under a sporting exterior. The Saturday Review ridicules Lord Carrington pretending that English Conservatives are the foes aud the Liberals the frieqds of the colonies,
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1030, 27 November 1891, Page 33
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