GOVERNORSHIP OF QUEENS LAND.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1816, 15 November 1888, Page 1

GOVERNORSHIP OF QUEENS LAND.

London, November 11. It was stated in the Bouse of Commons yesterday that Sir H. Blake, the new Governor of Queensland, had been popular in the Bahamas, 'and that bis term in Newfoundland had now been a success. The rapidity of (iis promotion was attributed by some speakers to family influence and not to personal merit <t ability, Mr Archer, Agent-General of Queensland, replying to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1 pointed out a case in which a nominee objectionable to the people of a colony had been withdrawn, and expressed himself hopeful that the precedent would lead to the cancelling of Sir ft. Blake’s appointment. The Standard, in an article on the subject, says that while it is impossib e for the Colonial Office to delegate jts responsibility, there is no reason for refusing to consult the Government of the colony as proposed by Sir Thomas Mcllraith, This plan is habitually followed in appointing ambassadors to foreign powers, and a much stronger reason exists for taking the same course with regard to the colonies. November 12.

A communicated article in tbe Times urges that Sir H. Blake should be sent to a Crown colony, and an acknowledged leader of public affairs, or one of the leading colonial Governors, appointed to Queensland, November 18.

In the House of Commons to-day Baron de Worms, replying to the Right Hon. H. C. Childers, said that Government had decided to ask Sir Thomas Mcllraith to state his objections to the appointment of Sir H. A. Blake to the Governorship of Queensland. It is reported that Sir Henry Edward Bulwer, High Commissioner of Cyprus, may be appointed to the Governorship of Queensland instead of Sir H, A. Blake,