TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 929, 26 March 1881, Page 5

TELEGRAMS.

Wanganui, March 24. Mr. Bryce before his Constituents defended himself from his critics. In reply to the question, “ Why he did not sooner resign.” He said : “ As a matter of fact I did resign last Session. I sent in my resignation on the ground of differencies between myself and the Cabinet, but I withdrew that resignation because I thought I saw good grounds for hoping that by that portion of the Ministry which differed from me, 1 should get my own way on the essential point, and between Sept, and the time of my resignation, I was always trying to promote union in the Cabinet on the subject. I consented to some things against my judgment, in order to get that which I hoped for, with a great deal of assurance up to the last. When I found I was unsuccessful I retired from the Government. It was a very painful thing for me to retire, because 1 was associated with men whom I highly esteemed; whom I believed were necessary to the carrying on of the good work of restoring the condition of the Colony to something like a proper tone, and yet I felt compelled to resign. There was another thing that added bitterness as a rule. I am not an ambi-

tious man, but I had ’some-'personal ambition in this matter. I strongly desired to associate my name with the settlement of the West Coast difficulty, which had baffled successive previous Governments for years. I thought I had brought things to such a state, that the fruits of my anxious labour might be fairly gathered, and I assure you that it was a bitter moment for me when I had to turn away disappointed. Nevertheless lam bound to say, and I say it with the- most perfect sincerity, that the members of the’Goverment who differed with me (it has been said the Government was unanimously against me, but that was not so) had a perfect right to their judgment ; it was by no means a departmental matter, but a matter affecting the whole Colony; and they had a perfect right to exercise their judgment. I do not doubt they exercised it an a most conscientious manner, and in a manner which they believed to be in the interest of the Colony.” Auckland, March 25. Yesterday at the Greyhound Yards Fodder was in full supply with improvement on last quotes. Oaten and Meadow hay, 2s 6d to 3s 9d per cwt; chaff, 2s a bag ; maize 3s 2d to 3s 4d ; fowl wheat, 3s 6d ; rye grass 3s 3d per bushel; horses of the usual stamp, a large number with few exceptions cleared at an advance on late sales. Medium draught unbroke colt £l7 to £25 ; light colts, £9 ss. to £l7 ; heavy draught broken, £37 to £5O ; medium draught broken, £l7 10s to £25 ; harness horses, £lO to £l3 10s ; hacks £9 to £l4.