SIR GEORGE GREY AS GOVERNOR.
Wellington, March 21. The "Tost" opposes the proposal to appoint Sir George Grey either as Governor or Agent-General. It says: "He ha sold the Kawau and evinces a de&ire, we believe, to retire from local politics and end his days amidst surroundings much more congenial to his literary, sciemific, and artistic tastos than he can possibly find in New Zealand. Ho should be allowed to pursue his own inclination in this direction. We yield to no one in respect for Sir George Grey, or in appreciation of his abilities and of the great services he has rendered not only to New Zealand, but to the Empire. It is this respect and this appreciation which makes us regard with regret and pain the ill-judged efforts of Auckland papers to propose him for positions where he could gain no fresh credit or render any new services, but where he might, and probably would, lose some of the credit and respect which are now so generally accorded him. It was the worst thing for Sir George Groy's reputation which ever befell him that after ceasing- to be Governor he became a colonial politician."
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 249, 24 March 1888, Page 4
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195SIR GEORGE GREY AS GOVERNOR. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 249, 24 March 1888, Page 4
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