SIR ARTHUR GORDON.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 4, 28 June 1882, Page 2

SIR ARTHUR GORDON.

The reign of Sir Aftwwjj r , Gboa*©iii «6*__ J vernor, has been a short one, aad to himself certainly very unpleasant. Long before bji^.feefc ;P r s^e£ o f^e^#eal^ shores his nan^w^h^,.^.,^! scpjn. and abuse by almost every section of the Press in the colony ; and every epithet that vulgarity .jould suggeat, within certeih.hmiU, had been.appli^d.^ hfoij,,i, oo^°j ?4& r m°i\ fc'm^ given for such abuse. He is a man of ' deservedly high standing in England. - with a reputation for statesmanshiAonly to ba gained by hard work and "ability. He is honest in his views and actions. Yet when he leaves ~f|ps tbrat will be none to sav, p\j<j| jMlsg[ hj^.* f Why, it does not appear. He has done nothing, r, when he wanted to do any. thing^ he vm *ot aliowcd^J^oponedri Parl.au.et_t in W Gainer . (ftrtP •c©rtfem<P

yclept " Peacocky," but su^lvihere jtas no harmirTthat ? He^will always in-the fly j;'. J minds of tge colpmHs of fttw Zealand bef assorted pith|?'The4 ! potatajj is, cooked." IfHe s«n.e_ito do wry will in t >-' ft ' isL ' ■' S S ■ _8 ' Clilristch^Vek f#£; a Mwe, l^^ra<j|ially liW; pop J «fanfcy waliP fen^'he"' left the Ciiy of tlie Plains with only a diseonsoate Mayor and Councillors to mourn his loss, and now he has gone altogether. 'Th'Qre'w^n"y , 'i»'sthh^"Ti'nll"'f_'d^lti's ivn'der^ r paid > Nd-'jTnarbJftyltji^T .not.eKen a gold penciAcaAe,«_a_auaJ_eA. .iu greenstone, was given him to remind |iim bf a*few friends. We think the pedple of Wellington have beh .yed shamefully ! in neglecting the opportunity for eVen , this small offering. Where was jthe I Ma 3' or? _____ __ _. !