The Governor of Queensland
The London Standard states that the Cabinet has decided not to insist upon Sir H. A, Blake's appointment to the Governorship of Queensland, and that the post has been offered to a gentleman holding a high position, but who | has had no previous colonial experience. Accepting this statement as correot, we suppose that, after the concession promised by Lord Knuts ford, the name of the candidate will be submitted to the Queensland Cabinet for approval, or rejection. Should he be so fortunate, or unfortunate, ns to pass that crucial test, and be duly installed to all the powers and dignities of the position, he will find himself in an excellent school to acquire a portion, at least, of that knowledge deemed necessary for a Colonial Governor. The school may be a rough one, bnt m after life the scholar will, no doubt, be duly grateful for the knowledge imparted to him, and for having all the superfluous knobs and excrescences knocked off his mental structure. At the time he may find the position irksome, and his masters tyrants, bat he will learn that usefnl lesson of obedience, which is the only one that cau teach how to command.
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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 65, 29 November 1888, Page 2
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202The Governor of Queensland Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 65, 29 November 1888, Page 2
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