Will Sir George Grey kindly explain what he meant by complaining, to his Thames constituents, that the colony is made responsible for insuring some very bad lives—one that he knew of being in for £40,000 ? Those who work the insurance department at Wellington say that no life is or can be insured for more than £3,000. An ex-Premier who gets hold of things by the wrong end is sure to shake the confidence of bis friends, and may even get himself laughed at. Government insurance should be provided only to meet a public requirement, and should not be advertised by salaried canvassers. To that extent Sir George is right; but beyond that he goes wrong woefully.
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Patea Mail, 12 May 1881, Page 2
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