The Hon. Mr Rolleston is in town, and and has signalised his visit to Napier by making himself as intensely unpopular as a Minister well can. His reception of the deputation that waited upon him yes terday with regard to the Meanee reserve was of course civil enough, but in firmly declining to take any steps towards the rectification of the stupid blunder committed by which the town has been deprived of a recreation ground, he has succeeded in sealing the vote of Napier at tbe next election. There need be no mistake about this. Any candidate professing to support the present Ministry, should it live till the next general elections, stands no chance whatever of being returned to Parliament. It is a significant fact that two of the Hawke's Bay members have carefully kept away from town since the Hon. Mr Rolleston has been in Napier. From Invercargill, we learn by telegram, Mr Oliver and Major Atkinson were hissed by the populace from the railway station to the hotel. The personal unpopularity of Ministers is due to their utter contempt of local wants, unless those wants are wanted by Taranaki.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 2994, 29 January 1881, Page 2
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