ROYAL OFFICERS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1561, 5 March 1887, Page 3

ROYAL OFFICERS.

In a few years, says Truth, we shall have every lucrative post, both in the army and navy, filled by Koyalists and Serenites. It is bad enough, even at present; for the Duke ot Edinburgh holds the Mediterranean command for five years, that being the " blue ribbon " of the naval berths, and the Prince of Liningen has the Nore command, another well-paid and highly-desirable appointment. The Duke of Cambridge holds several lucrative posts, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar has the Irish command, and the Duke of Connaught h«s been lifted over the heads of dozens of senior officers, who have served well and long, to the Bombay command, one ot the few gfeat prizes of the service Then we have Prince Louis of Battenberg and Prince George of Wales both coming on in the same way, and there will soon be others. The whole system is becoming intolerable to old officers, who find that just as they are expecting to obtain some substantial recognition of their services a Royal whippersnapper jumps in and clutches the priz' 1 . We hew » great deal abou.t the iobhery of the old Tories, but, in reality, things are every bit as bad now as they were in the days of George IV., so far as the gratification of the grabbing propensities of Royalties is concerned, and in this respect one Ministry is as much to blame as another; for nobody ever sMenflpts to ourb the Queen'-a exuberant love of providing for her relatives and connections at the expense of the country, and to to the great discomfiture of her most deserving officers. If the general feeling on the subject were brought home to her, is no doubt she vjroujd act otherwise.

George York, for as-saul' and n-hb-ry at Auckland was committed for tra 1 . The new percels rates, and somts alterations in the goods tariff, were gazetted on Thursday night. Henry White was charged at I lie Maßterton R.M. Court with felonionß'y setting fire to the Prince of Wales Hotel last Monday uigbt, and was remanded for eight days. ' Bkihht Men.—"Wells' Health Benewer," restores health, and vigor, cures Dyspepsia, impotence, Sexual Debility. At Chemists and Druggists. Kemptborne, Proßier nr-d Co.. Aeei'n, Oh'ißtobnrnh. 2 Mr Twopenny has acceded to the request nf the Auckland Chamber of Commerce to proceed to Auckland and l»y before them full particulars of hie scheme for a South Pacific Exhibition. The Auckland Chamber of Commerce have asked Mr Twopenny, of Danedin, to lay before them f uil details of his proposal for holding a South Pacific Exhibition at Auckland, instead of the Colonial Treasurer's Maritime Exhibition. At the R.M. Court, Christchurch, on Thursday the members of the Lyttelton Hsrbor Board were charged with failing, refusing, and neglecting to produce their accounts for audit by tho auditor appointed by the Auditor-General. The accounts have already, been audited by Mr J. Ollivier, and should the case go against the Board an appeal will be made.