The Globe. SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1876.

Globe, Volume V, Issue 587, 6 May 1876, Page 2

The Globe. SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1876.

It is understood that the General Government’s legal adviser has signified his opinion that the action of the Superintendent of Canterbury in appointing a Treasurer is perfectly legal This certainly complicates matters a little, as the Provincial Solicitor expressly says it is against the law. Then the Bank has elected to pay the cheques that are signed by the Treasurer, who has received his appointment from the Superintendent in the face of the opposition of the Executive of the Province. We do not think that the Bank ever stood in danger of losing any money which it might so pay, as we feel certain that the General Government, upon taking over the Province, will legalise all such payments. It is a great comfort to know that there is an Institution which has shown itself equal to the occasion, and by so doing saved the inhabitants of the Province from another disgraceful strike on the railways. We had anticipated, ’ere this, heard of the resignation of his Honour the Superintendent or of the Executive, but from all appearances the fight is to continue to the end of the chapter. What advantage can accrue to public men by their rendering themselves public laughing-stocks by means of ridiculous attempts to coerce the Head of the Government to make appointments of unfit mou to official posts, and then to carry the animus*felt"at the action taken by the Superintendent so far as to give notice to the Bank not to honor the cheques signed by the newly appointed Treasurer? Provincialism is flickering out rapidly, occasionally throwing enough light upon its proceedings sufficient to show the vast amount of dirtiness with which it has been upheld. Wo havo only to consider the proceedings of four of the Provincial Governments for the last year to feel thankful that the termination of their power is at hand. There is first the Wellington Provincial Council and the reclaimed land ; secondly, the Auckland Provincial Council and the money for the Thames miners; thirdly, the Otago attempt to sell vast blocks of land, and now the Canterbury Executive comes to the fore. To say that the approaching change will not be better for the colony would be absurd. The real question is, can any possible system of government ever be any worse than that at present existing in the Provinces ?