THE WEEK.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 253, 24 October 1874, Page 4

THE WEEK.

The proposal to abolish Provincial institations in New Zealand has already beeoff prod active of one good, though totally unexpected, result. It has brought out of hie shell one, who in fortner times occupied a prominent position in the colony, but who bes for somjj 'years past been living in complete seclusion. Shut out from the woridj as it we're, id his island home at Kawttb, Sir George Grey has for a long time^ been altogether lost sight of, and* we qaestion whether the major portion oi the inhabitants cf the colony were not in complete ignorance of the fact f jh*t'he was a resident in ibis part of the world. But he has evidently been keeping his eye on the progress of events, and, as one of the fracners of the "Act under which New Zealand possjeses.iis, present constitution, he is gtßrtl£d/i>£;she bare mention of any intenWfoa ilo alter it in one of its moat important features. Stafford may be replaced by Fox, Fox may be eclipsed by who, under bis sheltering wing, bad worked bis way into office. Rschmond'B warlike propensities may be ~&i on 'ciie aide to make room for Ma|(eah's Y .mo!fp. 'pacific policy towards the^natiFe .race; ; millions may be borrowed for opening up railway com- | munjcation throughout the colony, and for'^outfftgjn immigrants in thousands, buts/throyjgH all these changes, Sir George Grey makes no sign. Be simply remains quietly on bis solitary island f watcbeß. Well acquainted be, no aoubt, ; has kept himself with all tbat;bas been taking place around him, but, through every change of policy, every .fall of an old Ministry and rise of a jae.WjOne, he has preserved a stolid indjfiere4.ee. But now that so important a constitutional change is proposed, he can^no longer remain silent ; the child of hjfl^o^tb.ia dear to him in his old age-, and toy, attempt to injure or mutilate it rouses his anger, inspires him with.n,ew Vigor, and calls him forth fro|p,b|{^|eclpßion.once more to take part in the affaire of' (he country over which be a quarter of a century ago exercised* the almost supreme control. Wffijte^er flaay be Sir George Grey's views upon tbe politics of the day, how^yer a ro,u<;hf men may differ from him Jaiifl opinions, there are very few who w/)a)rdi not gladly welcome bis appearance/ in the political arena, and if the great :;question now before the country shall prove the means of inducing him 1 to become an integral part of either of the Houses of Assembly, tha^';.;q^B|i^n, /whether successfully carried ibrough or defeated, will not have been introduced in vain. Our .Saif Francisco mail experiences have fifo derefl^& more than ordinarily appreciative of the ..punctuality, or something more than punctuality, that is^/^'i&a^^/or some time been, the . distinctive feature of tbe line by way of Suez. The mail which we have just received was due at Melbourne on Wednesday lasr, yet on the previous day, early in the morning, the news waa flashed iroin one end of tbe country to the other t bat the Albion, with tbe New. Zealand, portion, bad arrived at tfie Blm'Sy chance a steamer was leaving Melboqrfte; for Nelson via the West CotbK tbe day that tbeP and O steamer arriYed ! tfi { Melbourue, and so it chanced i]a^h^MM^ province, who, as a rule, hajfiDp^ea&pn tq be specially grateful tortfae? Geharal Poat-Office sdthoritles for^stpdying our convenience, were on lii so*isM' $_• .Ociober in receipt of le()t€i^a.aiid; papers dated London, Sept. 4 th.ir: Old: colonists, who have known wßae ! i^°wfe to receive their English le|tfW .sjl.x months after .they were dated, 'will doubtless appreciate the selffitfeMllich < delivers at their doors an English mail that has occupied only 48_dBtf^&a^smi8eion. Are public meetings reliable ex-> ponenta of public opinion ? If so tbe pi€vHKb»||Ne; B op is still, as usual, uncertaid^nJt^Views upon the main quegnon'a'or the 1 day. I observed in nayTSlPlli^ffiaTthi? member for the SuoaVb^Bjp^'dxperiehce some difficulty in adapthfg4iimßelf to tbe opinions of his constituents, and it will not perHapV^'e now amiss to collate the expressions 1 6f opinions upon the ;Provifi'dSaP^estioD so far as they have yet been made public by the constituencies of the provifiee. • : In Nelson City, when Mr Luckie., called his constieuents together, tKere was an overwhelming majority againsi Provincial institutions ; a few weeks tjater^ when- Mr Curtis addressed them tbe numbers pro and eon were very nearly equal. At Motueka the peoplo desire to ( have a change. At Richmond, they are very cautioas, and want to know what is to be substituted' for the existing arrangements^ , A* iWakapuaka they -..say, Anything is better than what we now have.j , .Aj.-gftosje (he electors are of the Bame f £p,iflion as their neighbors at Bichmo^ndl At Wakefield the cry is, Give as Qeepral' rather that Provincial Go^vej^ynent,, Such is the perplexing. r « B fiflfiiMjyfo.nraetiDgß... „ -: ]p 9as

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