SIR GEORGE GREY INTERVIEWED.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1809, 7 April 1888, Page 3

SIR GEORGE GREY INTERVIEWED.

The v Press " of this morning publishes the following from its Auckland correspondent:—Sir George Grey was interviewed by a " Ball " reporter upon several natters. In answer to questions he said —"I have no idea of leaving at all. I am intending at present, m any ciso, to ttay m New Zealand. Regarding the Chinese, I think you should certainly keep a pare European population m the Pacific, asaaredly co," Sir George was asked it he had seen the controversy \n two city papers as to whether he should be qur next Governor or Agent-General for the Colony m London. He replied— -" I have not seen the articles, I was told about them ; but I have so little time for newspaper reading: As to me being Governor, what do they want me to be Governor for? as a sort of colonial table d hole keeper, or what is the idea 1 I am better' off now. I am independent, and have ray liprary. A'q a Governor' I should not, bnt he compelled to entertain and feed people I do not csre about, nor do ihey for m©. That is about what it amounts to, A Governor is compelled to entertain a lot of people he care 3 nothing about, nor they about him. Of course he gets a' certain sum each year for doing co, but Lord This, Marquis That, and Duke of . Something come to him with letters of introduction, and he has got to be civil and entertan them, and talk to them, when all the while he is anxious to get away to his library and read come book." These sentiments, coming as they do from Sir George Grey direct, will certainly put a damper on the movement here to petition the Imperial Government for his appointment as Governor. The "Star" will probably not interest itself further m the matter.