Legislative Council Appointments
♦ The Melbourne Argus, in an article on the attempt to swamp the Legislative Council in this colony and Lord Onslow's refusal to do so says : — The matter therefore stands in abeyance until the arrival in the colony of the Earl of Glasgow, the newly appointed Governor, who it seems, is to be met on landing by his responsible advisers with a request that he will take the step ' which his predecessor has just refused to take. Obviously, however, the position of Lord Glasgow will be greatly strengthened by what has occurred, and that of Mr Ballance correspondingly weakened. If the Governor who was at the head of affairs during the political developments which led to this demand, has felt unable to comply with it, how can his successor, coming new upon the scene and unfamiliar with the circumstances, except by hearsay, be expected, as his first official act, to reverse that decision. One can be somewhat sorry for Lord Glasgow, who will have to deal with so delicate a problem immediately on his arrival,. and if Lord Glasgow does give way, we must be sorry, for the Legislative Council of New Zealand, which as the creature of the demagogue of . the hour, will be useless for service and ignominious in position."
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 109, 12 March 1892, Page 3
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