The Akaroa Mail. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29. CURRENT NOTES.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 561, 29 November 1881, Page 2

The Akaroa Mail. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29. CURRENT NOTES.

OUR MEMBER.

Mr Montgomery h.as gone the round of the Peninsula and addressed the ejectors. His progress everywhere has be n marked with congratulations and henrty good -wishes, and if there is anything certain in politics, it is that he will be returned by an overwhelmning majority, even if opposition starts np at the last moment,

Mr H. Matson writing of Mr Rollcston characterised him as a " steady old shaft horse," and we think the term applies admirably to Mr Montgomery, who conscientiously endeavors to do his work, giving every 'question that crops up in Parliament much study and careful investigation

Ihe c are Koine points on which we do not agree wiii Mr Montgomery, but we are sureof one thing, an<l that is, that he does what he thinks is for the best. He is a representative, not a delegate, and therein lies his hold on the people, for there is nothing more despised than a member "without any opinion of his own. The services Mr Montgomery has rendered to the Peninsula are undoubted, he is indefatigable in pressing its claims on the Government, and even during the session that has just passed has secured the passing of two measures of great benefit to the district. Though independent, he is patient, and listens caretrill y to evt'iy complaint nnd suggestion male by his Mr Montgomery is generally known on the Peninsula as "the people's William," fro ii his great general popularity, and intimate acquainta cc with most of the settlers affairs.

We congratulate the Peninsula on having as its representative a gent'.e nan, who, if not so brilliant as some members of the House, is as painstaking and conscientious as any.