WAIPAWA EXHIBITION. Waipawa, Dec. 6.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 323, 8 December 1888, Page 5

WAIPAWA EXHIBITION. Waipawa, Dec. 6.

liih Waipawa Exhibition was opened in a brilliant manner. JTour bands were present, besides friendly societies and 1,000 school children. The opening ceremony was performed by Mr T. Tanner, M.H.K., and there were on the dais with him Captain Russell, Messis D. OrmoiKl and W. C. Smith, M.H.R.'s, and the Mayors of Napierand Hastings, besides the chairman of the local bodies. Over 3,000 persons paid for admission. The Exhibition is a mo*t creditable show, though all the exhibits are not yet in then places. There is a fine collection ot oi) and water colours, an immense number of curios, and manufactured and models of furniture, etc. Last night the building and enclosure were brilliantly lighted with the electric light. Messrs White and Co., of Dunedin, are the electricians. The light was a grand success, calling forth the highest encomiums.

London. Dec. 5. lv an article on the recent difficult y in the appointment of a Governor of Queensland, the " Morning Advertiser" fears a recurrence of the trouble when appointments come to be made to fill ! the vacancies shortly arising in NewSouth Wales and South Australia.' The articles instances the events which led to the separation of the United, States of America from Great Britain as a warning to the Imperial statesmen not to trifle with the colonies. At the same time the article deprecates any truckling on the part of the Colonial Office to the wishes of the population in connection with such appointments. It is reported {.hat the tlon. D. Morehead, the new Premier of Queensland, is taking the same stand with reference to the appointment of Governors to the colonies as his predecessor in office, Sir Thomas Mcllwraith, and that he has informed the Colonial Office that he insists on the right of the Government to be consulted otvsuch matters. It is reported thai, Sir Hercules Robinson, at present Governor of the Cape, will be raised to the peerage upon his retirement from public service. Sir H. A. Blake denies the truth of the rumour to the effect that/he-iH- to succeed Sir Hercules as Governoi of the Cape Colony.