THE COLONIST.
NELSON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1865,
We have long known that Dr. Eeatherston, the Superintendent of Wellington, has been in agreement with the policy to which Mr. Stafford has now fully committed himself; and that his Honor was opposed to the course of expenditure and lack of financial basis which marked the career of the Weld ministry. We learn from private sources that a considerable change will very shortly come over the tone of Wellington politicians, and that many who are now opposed or appear to be opposed to Mr Stafford will declare for him; for it is now pretty well understood that Dr. Eeatherston is prepared to give to Mr. Stafford all the powerful support which he can call into requisition. This will be only what we some time since predicted would result from a free discussion and consideration of the doings and condition of the Weld Ministry, namely, that the more fully that Ministry's policy and proceedings were discussed, and the financial results considered, the more unsound and unstable would they undoubtedly prove to be, and the more clearly would the public see and understand their true nature, and a greater majority in favor-of. Mr. Stafford will, we believe, be secured than even his own friends at present anticipated.
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Colonist, Volume IX, Issue 851, 26 December 1865, Page 2
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212THE COLONIST. Colonist, Volume IX, Issue 851, 26 December 1865, Page 2
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