THE GOVERNNOR'S SPEECH CRITICISM THE "OTAGO DAILY TIMES. Dundlin ,May 12.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 264, 16 May 1888, Page 3

THE GOVERNNOR'S SPEECH CRITICISM THE "OTAGO DAILY TIMES. Dundlin ,May 12.

Tin, Otu^o •'Dail> Tune--," entifi^in<i the l-Joxci noi'.s Speech .'-.>)■> ." AH-houjih there i-i nothing new in tlio .spcceli, and leteieuee^ to new inclines <uo %ciy bakl and b.uc, JN!nii-ter.-> have jn'opaved plenty ot woik, and a long'and cxluuusfcixo hCt.siou may bo expected, b'lom the piemen I li-'t of he.ullnjx.s to measmes, it, i^ quite nnpo.-^ibie to criticise the policy of the <H>\ eminent, or form any idea whethei they ha\o been piolitably employed during reccs 1-. Tlio Kin.meial .Statement w ill now be anxiously awaited. Wo sinecicly wish who so iar as we yet know are entitled to confidence, biicecfh ; but we imiht exprcos our entue di^ocnt hum the uleu cuv icnt that they .uo ab-oluLoly indispensable. Such a notion sccnih not \evy complimentary to the ie-t ot the lopre.sontatives, nor in accordance with pievious Parliumcnta\y expouenee, whilst lbs pievalanco can hanlly lail to bo vuiy domoialihing both to Alinistors and to the JLou.se/ The abacncc of Sir -J. Vogcl may not be regretted, bub we regard it ib a matter of great, rcgiet that the Government i.s notfaced by an able and bci iou.-> Opposition bench, and the bad ellect ot the absence ot constitutional criticism is likely to be enhanced if Ministers feel tho House is prepared to give them inrle blcimhe." The man who gets credit at hi.s hhocmaUor'b can hardly say his soles' his own. Upon tho marriage ot MKs Wheat Virginia, an editor hoped that her path might be llowory, and that she might never be thrashed by her husband. " What a picbuic-nquo little cottage ! A veritable Swiss chalet." "A Swiss shall [ ho, do you call ib ? To my mind it's more \ like an Irish shan't he."