The Temuka Leader. WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1879.

Temuka Leader, Issue 166, 2 August 1879, Page 2

The Temuka Leader. WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1879.

Whex we gave it as our opinion, that in the event of the Opposition obtaining a majority, a dissolution wojildbe inevitable, some may have doubted*|he soundness of the basis on which \ye founded our argument. The character of the Opposition, however, particularly some of the would be ministers, if carefully studied, would compel any sound politician to come to the conclusion, that no Governor would give his consent to such a heto-ogeriious mass of incapables holding in their hands the destiny of such an.important colony as New Zealand ; no nol even for a Treek, which would be the most that this would be ministry would be able to hold office. Most people -will agree with ns that the decision of the Governor was a wise one. When we take into consideration the present epoch in our country's history, we cannot be too thankful that we are spared such a great calamity as the placing in office, the men whose names have been prominently before us as our future rulers, would have inflicted upon us. This is not n time to allow a lot of novices to play at ministers. The best men are needed, and the best men which our county can produce mast he called to the front. The ministers in embrio must now feel greatly mortified, at finding that sensible men will have none of them. When we carefully review (heir past history and compare their sayings with their doings, it is not. surprising that the exclamation is, no reliance can be ■ placed upon their word. The ridiculous inconsistencies that some of the most prominent of them have been guilty of during the term of their parliamentary career, not only in parliamentary mailers, but also in local matters, indeed in almost everyLhing which'effect the weal of the C'lony, force electors to come to theconclupion that it is lucky for them that they have a Gorcrnor ' who has wisdom ancl penetration enough to enable him to

<•■ ■ ! "in l ateivsiilt:i and to cable him to conic | t<> a right and just conclusion in the matter j The evil is not yet banished fro in the i Sf.a!uLii bonk though, and until by a new j e'ee'ion we are. able to put better men to . Wellington as our repweritutivca we are ; pot safe. A vety short time is to be ' allowed to return new members, the mofat j must be made of this short period of time to secure good men for election. Already some constituencies have fixed upon their num. It is time the Geraldine Electorate were up and doing. Good men, we repeat, are said to be ready, and it should be settled at once who i 3 to be put forward w an opponent to tho present member, holding more liberal views, and who we know will act aa \a speaks. Such an one is at present, greatly needed ; we have had enough of superficial cleverness, it will not do any longer to behoodwinked by a plausible sophistry. The parliamentary district of Geraldine is one of the most important districts in the colony. j Ita interests are varied, but the leading I features are that of agriculture. Our present member has shown little or no sympathy with the views of the mass of Btich settlers, and even in some instances, such as that of the interior railway, he has done all that he could to destroy the interests of some parts of it, Temuka in particular. With a powerful, although little trusted, public press at hia back he by a spacious kind of reasoning, has been able for a time£to make soni« people believe that blacF'was white. The scales are now fallen from their eyes, and they now see it was all bosh. They now see the advantage, yea, the necessity, of having a representative whose interests are identical with their own. They now see how much they have lost by trusting a man who was ready at any moment to cast their interests to the wind in order to further his own selfish ends. They now see that town and country interests are not, the same, and they also see the risk they are running of having the little inland townships swallowed up by the grasping would-be capital of the South. It is some satifaction to find that this is the case ; there is now some hope that an end will be put to this disregard to the interests of a constituency by what may be termed an absentee, so far as having any pecuniary interests at stake is concerned. -(.Who will be the new Ministry no one can at present toll. Whether Sir George will peek re-election, whether if elected he would care to be again Premier, whether auother may bs chosen, i« not so much consequence so long us a good and trustworthy leader is chosen ; and we feel sure this will not only be done, but that he will be surrounded by Ministers of a higher calibre than the trio who made such a desperate effort to get into office this week. One comfort we have in the present crisis, the Loan Bill will be passed, and although the unnecessary delay may have serious results, it is gratifying to know that the needs of tho Opposition compel them to consent to a measure which they themselves need to relieve their necessities. At the present time, when the Bank of England is almost bursting with an unprecedented lo;vd of gold, it would be the maddest Ihing in tho world to delay borrowing sufficient to complete the works in hand, and also to bring a measurs of relief to the colony, which it so much needs ; yet, but for their own pecuniosity, the Opposition would have been for putting off this motion to borrow for an indefinite period. That her Majesty's representative will give heed to the ravings of tho disappointed crew who demand that Sir •George Grey be called upon to resign we do not for a moment believe. The little weight the Opposition have with the Governor and the leading men in the Upper House is now so plainly seen that we wonder they don't hide their diminished heads and mm back to thoir holes, and there in voluatary seclusion for the term of their natural lives. In a week or two writs will be out for tbe election of a new Parliament. As we have already said, no time is to be lost lest the enemy commence sowing tares. Activity is not wanting or. tho part of the present member for Geraldine, nor is he deficient in the art of the magician. There is therefore the more- need to be on the alert, ihat the electors may not be caught napping.