THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1879.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3234, 1 July 1879, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1879.

The. latest news from Wellington re the position of the Ministry is more reassuring. The Hon. James Macandrew 'denies that he intends to resign his post, and farther adds that his colleagues are of the same mmd. This shows a good spirit, and one'that cannot fail in obtaining the respect of both frictras and foes. The desertion of Mr Ballance we cannot approve of, and any personal difference that might have been between the Premier and himself should not have caused him to perhaps do the public an injury. If it is true, as reported in our telegrams, that Sir George Grey spoke hastily, the fact also that he wrote to Mr Ballance urging him on public grounds to retain his position as Treasurer, should, have been sufficient to have induced Mr Ballanqe to reconsider his decision,. The reasons put forward by the Premier were such as should have caused any person holding a public office and charged with duties of the utmost importance to his fellow colonists to hesitate before resigning such office, and leaving the j affairs of state in perhaps disorder. The fact also that his. party was likely to be attacked in the coming session of Parliament upon a policy decided upon by himself and colleagues should^ nothing else, have induced him to adhere to his friends to the last, and if he/vf ere of opinion that he could 4iofc^ork amicably with his chief, ho MM^whe^Eurlybeaten on a tgaeirt jon

of policy, refused to servo longer under such a leader. Mr Balhiric«i|hould remember that upon the financial policy introduced by himself last session tho Government are likely to be assailed, and hi 3 affecti >n for his own views should havo boon another causo for adhering to his parly and his colleagues. In the face of the defection of Messrs Ballance and Scout, the action of Mr Macandrew stands out in bold contrast,* and is just tho conduct one might expect from the well known protuctor of Otago.