THE EARL OF MEATH
HIS VIEWS ON THECOLONIES. [Special to Panes Association.! • LONDON, Fbb. 26. The Earl of Meath, iv an artiole >■'• in ' the 'Nineteenth Century on the ■■;•'■ Australian Colonies, states that the working man is a despotic king ,| in New Zealand, where capital '■■ is weakest, chiefly owing to absen1' tee bondholders, and that the only poor men are runholders, clergy- * men and clerks. In thie Australian Oolonies, on the other hand, he declares that capital has been victorious after a hard struggle. He states that he has never heard of good work being done in any< Colouy possessing manhood suffrage, but there were frequent complaints that the legislators were of an inferior type as compared with those of the early days. The Earl adds that a clergyman in New Zealand informed him that he had to submit to the most foul language from the members of his vestry who held the purse strings. In concluding, he says that large classes of the Colonists are affectionately loyat -to the Mother Country, and only need occasion to astonish the world.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4579, 27 February 1893, Page 4
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179THE EARL OF MEATH Star (Christchurch), Issue 4579, 27 February 1893, Page 4
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