MR STOUT ON THE HON MR ROLLESTON

Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6488, 13 December 1881, Page 6

MR STOUT ON THE HON MR ROLLESTON

to ran soitob. Slß,—Mr Bollostoo’s hut totter in the Prtit show* that he is not anxious to pursue the correspondence. As, Judging by toe electoral returns, the Ministry to not in a majority, I presume lb® constitutional course that is usually pursued after a general election will be followed t it to not necessary that 1 should desire Mr Boltoston to give further explanation*. I need not point out how be has changed front twice* in the correspondence, nor that when I brought his statements to the test of the public records he has prudently declined to refer to these, except la a vague way. Indeed, his conduct In thie respect to only paralleled by an incident that took place in a bupreme Court in (bo Horth Island. A barriiter kid down a proposition which be mid was law. It woe so absurd and extraordinary that tho presiding Judge asked him for bis authority. “ Authority,” the barrister replied, " the Supreme Court library to full of authorities t So Mr Boltoeton j he rays the records will substantiate his statement. I wonder if twenty electors of Avon over read the whole story of the eon* Aeration, and what ha* been done since 1876 with the lands taken under it g X doubt it. And yet Mr BoUeston refers to the records. Bcgarding the information the Ministry had of the probable arrival of the Governor, I exceedingly regret that Mr BoUeston should not have thought fit to plainly answer my queries. I am willing to accept his statement# as correct. I put one pointed question —"Did anyone In Government House tell the Premier that the Governor might arrive any moment, and were the printers employed tho same evening to f«t out the Proclamation ? ” Can Mr BoUeston ray no ? There is bat one explanation I see possible over this matter, and it to that the Premier faaekopt Mr BoUeston ignorant of what occurred.—l am, &0., BOBKBT STOUT. Dunedin, Deo. 10.