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Hokitika Guardian, 4 December 1928, Page 4

■‘Tine position of High Commissioner gives rise to spec ula t inn hero (sav.s (he U i'.'l ! i ngl-on e.'MTe.sp.-ind-eiil of tin* ‘• Si;ii'’ ) l*iit opinion seems to favour tlie* .appoint moitl of .Mr T. K. V. S*m 1< 1 t»s;. ex-member for West land. It is f 1 1 <iu1 1 ! tliai ho will receive the appointment aa reward for the years during which he eari'ied tin. 1 banner of i,i cralixm. l!o would Imve li<*r> ll in line fur other ioiMilll'.s had lie been ,stim\ss!'lll in It is elect inn campaign this year. Tlie appointment may he made after the expiry id the tern; of the present High Commissioner." We are not aware wimt aniottid of substance there may he in regard to the foregoing. hut it appears to us the ehoiee expressed confirms in a very ample way till we have said of the talents and. capabilities of .Mr SVddon as an outstanding representative. This j.s emphasised further hy 'he (onelnding paragraph of the ‘•Sun" statement ill respect, to possible Miiii'-lerial honoui's wliirli would be within .Mr Seddon’s grasp io-day were lie a memher of Parliament. Westlaud. it would appear, hy rejecting .Mr Seddon recently, has missed a very special honor, and we regret this more for the district- Ilian for Mr Seddon. because he has ipialitics and qualilienl ions wliieh will yet earrv him far. and his good fori tine may he only postpon'd. Pul. it will he difficult to say wlien Westland will have smli an opportunity as has now presented itself, of being represented again hy a prospective .Minister of the Crown. The fault is with the electors, and they must accent the result of their own notions. The advice of this paper was neglected very inopporf.unelv. and we are sorry indeed that the district will suffer on that account. The breaking of the old and long standing alliance of Wad hand and Mr Feddon was done at a time when the effect will he must harmful to the former.