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Thames Advertiser, Volume IX, Issue 2464, 7 November 1876, Page 3

Tbe Aucklanders wanted to give Sir Julius Vogel ' a reception unpleasant to himself, and «a man named McCaul.iusulted him,-' telegram. The degradation o£ Auckland u nearly complete, and its heat friends must be somewhat ashamed of it. It would almost bear \ the description given of its people by Mr Kces, now one of its representatives, who-pictured . them as morally lower than any other people in the colony. Why so much personal hostility to Sir Julius Vogel? During the time he represented one of its districts, he laboured very,-, hard in several ways to benefit it. For. three' ' years every measure affetnog the city was introduced by biuise'f, and he sought to make it the emporium cf tbc trado of Polynesia, Ita about the qucst : on of Provincialism. Why at the time Sir Julius tabid his Abolution resolutions it is uotoiious that nine out of every ton of the people of Auckland wei e in;, f >vour of Abolition. . Mr Header Wood was its then championed a. motion against it was 'actually, carried »m tho Provincial Council. Bui still, why should the mob and unwashed of the city of Auckland be stirred up to give Sir Julius a 'warmreception?' tenting that the people have not approved of his public actions at any tiuie,is that a reason-why the Press and public leaders, should directly encourage, as they have done, a - manifestation of persoaal hostility MWf '■gami Harold, ■■■