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Evening Star, Issue 2995, 24 September 1872, Page 3

Mount Ida’s Kepresentative. —We cannot refrain from giving utterance to the feelings of general dissatisfaction —if not of indignation—which pervade the public mind at the action taken by Mr Meryyn in opposing a Ministry who had promised much for this place, and supporting one whose o, i nions must have been known to him to be adverse to the wishes and interests of those whom he was returned to represent. In fact, we cannot but feel that in all matters connected with the Mount Ida district, since his election, Mr Mervyn has shown an indifference to the interests of the place which it would be difficult to understand were we not all aware of the fact that with many men self and self-interest are the governing principles, and in the cause of self-seeking, self-agcrandisement, and place-hunting, many a constituency has before to-day been sold and made tools of by unscrupulous and designing adventurers. We do not say that sueh has been the case in this instance, but we do say that Mr Mervyn’s conduct, from first to last, since his eiection for this district, has an extremely suspicious look about it. Mr Mervyn has, by his entire career since representative for this place, shown himself utterly regardless of and indifferent to the wishes of his constituents, and should, in our opinion, be called upon to resign the trust which he has so far abused, So long as Mr Mervyn was innocuous, •if not a complete cypher, he could ami did do comparatively little harm, but when he has actually, as be has done lately, gone against his constituents, it is evident that the less we have to do with him, and the sooner we get rid of him, the better for the interests of the district. We are not nor ever were much devoted to the policy of the Fox-Vogel Ministry; still, at the present time, it was the one evidently the best adapted to the interests of this place, and should therefore have had Mr Mcrvyn’s cordial support, rather than his late strenuous and unintelligible opposition. — Chronicle. (For continuation of News see f 'mirth page, )

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