THE GOVERNOR AT INVERCARGILL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 4742, 30 April 1877, Page 3

THE GOVERNOR AT INVERCARGILL.

TO THE EDITOR.

■; At' the luncheon to the Governor at Invericargill on Friday afternoon, the Mayor (Mr CuthbciL on) occupied the chair, and Sir John ißichardson the Vice-chair. The Hop, G. MTLean and Commodore Hoskins were among those present In responding to the toast of ;" Our Guest, His Excellency the Governor," ' His Excellency thanked the Mayor very ;cordirJly for the way in which he had propo 1 ibis-health,- and those present -for- the way in' .which they had responded to it. He wrs Always glad to see proofs of loyalty to the Queen in this and; other cohnies. Long may this attachment continue!. And he beh'eved that it would long continue. Each of the :nolonieson the one hand, and England on the other, derive,! advantage from the cornectior, ErslaDd had adopted a course towards her coloniciwhich had, he believed, no parallel in •the history of the world. She exacts no tribute from them and gives them all the protection of her prestige. He believed the constitution of •England was the freest in the world, and thh Colony participates in all the advantages arming from it. He had lived in several color i"* ■and had noticed < that in all of them the residents, on re-visiting their native land, had .talked of going home. As long as that f o 1'"n'» exists there was little fear of England being ,sep:irated from her colonial poc.se ions. They were now living under a free government andas they possessed large powers of local administration, they had only themselves to look to. From what he had seen in all directions he bebeved that the energy which has built up such a country as this will cause it to advance to become one of.the brightest ornaments of ,the British Crown. It was quite true that his father v/aa Colonial Minister when New Zealand was made a British Colony. That, however, was only by accident, as on ceasing' to be •Lord Lieutenant of Ireland he was to become Home Secretary, but Lord John Russell could not conveniently ;make the change during the 'sabsion. j "In the meantime his father had the s..tisrrction of adding this Colony to those under the British Crown. He, (the Governor) had long wished to visit this part of the Colony In one' respect he was glad, however, of the delay which had taken place, as it had served to bring his,friend Commodore Hoskins also to ithedistrict. He thanked the people here for their kind and cordial welcome, the only sort of !one he 'cared for—that which came from, the heart. -It was very easy in large cities to get lip great shows, but thi3 was the sort of welcome he liked."

; Sir John Richardson returned thanks for the ■Army. - The ladles and gentlemen present should mske it a rule for their boys to take Ipart ia the defence of their country. When Prussia was under the heel of Napoleon Bonaparte, it was not allowed to have a standing :army, and so the people very properly made every boy an inch high a soldier. The boys of New Zealand should also prepare themselves to assist in defence of their country.—(Cheers.) j Commodore Hosirins said that he was' extreaiely delighted with the way in which they had received tfee toasfc of "The Navy." A Similar feeling was common in almost all the Colonies. Except tb.e distinguished men sentout to govern the Colonies, the navy was almost the only link to connect them palpably with the Old Country. In: this Colony, in particular, naval men, such as Captains Cook and Hobson, and those engaged in the war against the Maoris, had done eminent service. Naval officers jvere warmly received' here, and the feeling was heartily, reciprocated., Naval men were told on all sides on going out from tha old country, "New Zealand is the place of all others for you to go to." If ii, was possible to take the Wolverine to the Bluff, is had been suggested, he would be happy to do so.— (Cheers.) But they must bear in mind that Her Majesty's vessels at this part of the world had a great area to protect. To divide eight Governments in the Pacific among three ships was more than could be done. If any consul gets into trouble, or the natives anywhere make a disturbance, the English ships are expected to protect English subjects. Sometimes he was puzzled to find a ship when be wanted one.' , On, -account of the number of warlike natives here, New Zealand often had vessels of war calling, and thus the jealousy of some of the other colonies was aroused. As regards the danger to this Colony from a hostile attack, he" considered M small. The work at the # outbreak of a war between two great nations was so concentrated that no large detachments could be spared to attack the colonies. The danger was rather from a small •expeditionary _ force, or from privateers. In case of war being declared, our commerce could be carried almost entirely in fast steamers. As for fighting on land, the danger was a remote one, though he agreed that the young men of the colony should be prepared for that. A little military training was an admirable thing for them, as it taught them something of discipline, and also how to carry themselves welL A good commencement hadbeen made with the luvercar s ill cadets, and the artillerymen and rifles here were a fine body of men. They would want in war time torpedoes for their : harbours, and two Armstrong guns in addition would keep a harbour tolerably secure. If he was able to bring the Wolverine to the Bluff he would do so. I Sir John Richardson proposed .•". The Ministers of New Zealand."

; The Hon. Gr. M'ljean acknowledged the toast. The present Ministry had worked hard to make things go smooth, but without the sympathy and support of the people they could not at any time stand loog. They bad endeavoured to place the government of the people in the hands of the people themselves" The present Ministry had been called a Centralist Government, but he was sure they had every desire to make il a localising Government. The credit of: New Zealand was not Very good at-present, but he hopedand be-" uevodthat the time would come.before long when-capitalists would run after them instead of their.running after the capitalists. ~ .

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