THE "NOTORIOUS J. G. S. G." ANSWERED.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 324, 8 May 1877, Page 4

THE "NOTORIOUS J. G. S. G." ANSWERED.

The following appears in the jEdinluyh \ Cowrant of March 1) : Snt, —I was astouished to find this morning that the notorious " J. G. S. G." had actually found a place in your columns. One thing I can assure 3011, being »o encouraged, it will not be the last. His comparative mildness in this case is wonderful. He has take:i upon himself to malign two of the ablest satraps (as he calls them) in JSew Zealand, and.otherwise to mislead people in many things relating to New Zealand affairs. Bir George Grey and Mr. James Macandrew, the two gentlemen alluded to, are no more to be compared to "J. G. S. G/' than a noble mastiff is to a car. He is famous for nothing but heading idle deputations and disturbing meetings, which some of the late papers from Dm.elin amply testify. He is at perfect liberty to hold the Centralist standard as high as he pleases ; but when he characterises such men as Sir George Grey and James Macandrew as guilty of treasonable projects, and, in Tiew of their coming to this c mritry so soon, holding them forth as objects of ridicule, you will pardon these few lines in their defence. Sir George Grey is well known as one of the ablest governors of British colonies ; and now (or lately) as Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, he has their tnt'rj confidence. Mr. Macandrew has been the most successful Superintendent in Xew Zealand ; has made Otago to be almost a world wonder ; placed her in tiie front rank of all the provinces in ]Sew Zealand. She has resources enough to be seltdependent; and now, when about to be drowned in Centralism and left a beggar, Mr. Macandrew makes an elibrt to s;tve her, having along with him the whole(with few exceptions) of the people of Otago. For 15 years lie has been Superintendent, and a leading menib.r of tbe General Assembly of iNew Zealand. I\;.k is slightly different from the sedition and rebellion which "J. G. S. G." pi-i.au ;..£. From what I know of Air ilaeaiidivw, -..v would be the last man io cio auyi. ing <■'• this sort. "J. G. fc. G. 1 ' s-miu ;i:-.e a <> denounced Otago as a place ahogca:i.r unlit as a field for immigration, i-w.:ig to existing depression, <£e., iVe. ; ami iiov. he says it is peculiarly a ia;,d <f "rii.g and "cliques." Ti.is, I may state, is jus ■■• untrue, &s everything is clon. ; mohriy it; comparison with the land of "ring ' a:;tl "clqueß." Ti'.e Conservative bun-ji-which finishes up his dish of iiuu; is a correct sample of t.c man.—l a:.!, &c, An Old Coloni.st.