Lord Derby

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 93, 20 January 1885, Page 3

Lord Derby

. T3is, Hon. John M^mnian, ei^-^h-Ister b_Pulj_u. w"orks at' tne Cape,, and *mej el^,,thp, cleverest pphticiapsr of Afrjear has summed up. ( the Secretory of State for the Colonies,, .and the Officials of the Colonial' Office, in-to-n* Ifh-bh'*w_U 'doubtless : fihd an echo in the breast of matry'ari-Aiiß-' tralian stetesijafin.yy.yLord Derby,"! said Mr Merriman,'"'is a man of the: *¥ea : -foiw-oth- ! order p' tare of your Ibofen officials' who n c6ilsider that 'the tcolopies, which now nuniber 8,000/000 of inhabifaknte arid are daily increasing in numbers, .wealth, and importance, were created solely in order to afford Amusement in . -the i shape ,of , official ' occupation' to himself and a few other well-educated gentlemen in! the neigh- •' bourhood of Downing street J The great obstacle in the way of maintenance- of thecc-o-dies i_ i: -he v eolb-aal'-CJffice. Excellent, smooth-speaking officials, no doubt, every man of, , Jtefla ; ; but collectively their influence is a bane to the emfJir_i Ybu win never get any good done in rthe* of Ihe unity of the empire or. the federation YtA the colonies Tuntil you revolutionise tho Colonial bffice,and put men at the head of it who make a business of their work instead of dawdling over it ia the'inetfeptive!: fashion with which you are so^^eXr a»luainted; bott. 'in your fo_ei^ii colomal^affairs". ' feio far as Iliave^seefc, there are" only one or two business" men in .the -whole company _£u^j£^^^^^. , . j