The Telephone. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE, FRIDAY, JULY 25.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 192, 25 July 1884, Page 2

The Telephone. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE, FRIDAY, JULY 25.

In looking over the results of the general elections it will be clearly apparent that two important matters have been placed beyond all doubt. The first is that the ministry so long known as the “ continuous ” one will speedily cease to exist on the re-assembling of Parliament, and secondly that the Grey party must already be looked upon as a thing of the past. Although the Government supporters head the list by a slight majority, the combination of Vogelites and Montgomeryites would give the latter, or Oppostion, a large preponderance of power. The same would be the case with any other nnion of two parties against the third. It is a matter for regret that the elections have not been more decisive in giving a larger and more definite position to either of the three parties, as at present they are so equally balanced as to render it a most difficult question how to form a ministry of sufficient strength to hold their own against any combined opposition. The only possible solution to the difficulty lies in the formation of a coalition ministry drawn from the ranks of the three parties, and if this is done there can scarcely be any doubt but what the leader will be Sir Julius Vogel. Under the most favorable circumstances the position is fraught with many difficulties, and it is only by a vigorous and decisive policy that any new Ministry can hope to establish itself upon a sufficiently* solid footing so as to enable it to withstand the opposition which is sure to be shown where any measure, though perhaps for the general good, may appear to be against the interests of a party. Such instances as these are constantly cropping up, and there is nothing more detrimental to the interests of the country than to have a Ministry which is unable to enforce those measures it may conceive, and which are necessary for the carrying out of its policy. Whoever has the formation of the next Ministry will certainly have the advantage of choosing from amongst some of the most able and competent men of the present day, and there is little doubt but what Mr. Ormond’s name will figure in the next Cabinet, whoever may be at the head. The position is fraught with many dangers and difficulties, and with a large deficit, an empty treasury chest, and the prevailing discontent on all hands, it will want great tact and skill on the part of the helmsman of state to to navigate his ship on this perilous voyage. The eyes of the colony are undoubtedly bent upon Sir Julius Vogel as the only man who is capable of a speedy solution of our present difficulties, and there is little doubt but what he would speedily realise their hopes for a time, but whether the relief would be permanent and lastingly beneficial is most doubtful. But time, and time only, will be the true test for all these things.