Poverty Bay Standard. Published Every Evening. GISBORNE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1883.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1249, 17 January 1883, Page 2

Poverty Bay Standard. Published Every Evening. GISBORNE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1883.

The controversy throughout the whole of New Zealand, but more particularly in the press of the Southern Island, still continues, the subject being the candidature of Bishop Moban, for the Peninsula. There are many sides in which the subject is looked at. Some papers urge that because he is a Bishop he should not seek to obtain a seat in the House, whilst other organs argue that he has a perfect right to launch into the sea of politics. The arguments on both sides are skilfully handled, but after reading them carefully we certainly must lean towards those which say there can be no objection to His Lordship becoming an M. H. B. Of course it is generally known that Bishop Moran has entered the arena with the “ Education Question” as his war cry, and, however strongly we may disagree with his particular views on this subject, we feel that our readers will agree with us on one point, namely, that there is nothing to prevent him from entering the lists. At the nomination the show of hands wasin favor of His Lordship, butashow of hands does not always result in a majority on polling day, and although we feel convinced that Bishop Mohan wonld make an excellent legislator, we think it scarcely likely he will be returned, The question of education has always been a vexed point, but it appears to us that it would be a very difficult matter to improve upon the present system. We certainly think that in a growing country like New Zealand, nothing can be better than to have children of all creeds mixing together in a friendly spirit, because it must, when they reach manhood or womanhood, prevent them from having that bigjtry which tor year, and centuries past has been the curse and ruin of countries, and the blight of thousands who would otherwise have led happy and peaceful lives.