COLONIAL GOVERNORS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1822, 29 November 1888, Page 1

COLONIAL GOVERNORS.

London, November 24. It is understood ;that the Cabinet have* agreed to allow Sir fl. A. Blake to resign, but decline to disclos* the name of his successor privately to Queensland ; ...Mioogkat. a : ...later,period they may be willing, to consider the opinions of the ' colonies as to the appointment of Governors. ' v November 26. ' Mr Gowen Evans, of Melbourne, in a letter to the. Times, ! agrees with Lord Carnarvon that a speedy decision is necessary to avoid-friction, and deprecates consulting a colonial Government which IB probably merely transient. Irish Home Rulers in the colonies, he says, have taken a new departure since the adhesion of Mr Gladstone to: their cause, and are actively engaged in diverting the original objpcts of the Australian Natives Association to serve their oi»n purposes. Nothing wou'd pieaea Sir T. Mcflraith better than a continuance of the present difficulty, The nature of ! Sir H. A. Blake's services in Ireland renders it undesirable that he should be appointed to a colony containing a number of Irish, who blindly follow leaders like Dr O'Doherty, Sir H. A. Blake is a junior knight to >oth Sir Thomas Mcllraith and. Sir Samuel Griffiths. Mr Evans is confident, that the majority of colonists are thoroughly; loyal, and will not countenance any wild scheme that may lead to rapture with the Mother Country. Brisbane, November 29 It is rumored here that Sir Hercules Robinson is to be appointed to the Governorship of Queensland.