What Everybody Says.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2159, 4 December 1875, Page 2

What Everybody Says.

"In multitude of counsellors there is safety." " ■ ■ —Old Proverb

Sir George Grey is evidently a popular man. The reception he got on arrival the other day is a sufficient evidence of that. Coming to a district the people of which profess to hold opinions so widely different from his own, Sir George might have imagined that his reception would be somewhat different. It is true that the greeting might have been more spontaneous ; the cheers more hearty. But a gathering of some hundreds of people at a short notice, and a formal reception like that accorded to Sir George must have some weight, even though the "moral support" intended to be conveyed be meaningless. The address, in all its, brightness of red and blue, would have been perhaps more significant had it been agreed upon at a public meeting, and with a little more show of unanimity as to its tenor, and purport. Did Sir George intend to be sarcastic when he wished to convey his thanks to'" all those who signed the address," or was he really ignorant of the fact that only the chairman's signature was appended? Sir George no doubt can estimate this kind of thing at its proper worth, but he is politic enough to refrain from hinting at the anomalous position which some people occupy. A good old-fashioned way of showing respect to his "character and person " would have been a banquet, at which Sir George and everybody else could have aired their eloquence. Each cpuld ihen have, spoken his mind. There would have been, some sen se ,in that, and there would have been less show of inconsistency on the part of everybody here. A post-prandial talk ov.er public matters would have been preferable to the formal speechifying .which, is to come off this ; evening, when the Superintendent will speak, but really as member for Auckland City .West,, for Superintendents are not amenable to the people for what they; may do as Menlbers of. Parliament: that is between tlie'ms'elves and'their constituents. However, as a probable candidate for the Thames, everybody is anxious to hear Sir George, and it matters not in which character hd appears, whether ' as Superintendent, member for Auckland City West, or probable candidate for.the representation of this district.:'. Sir George can speak as, few politicians' can, and he wilCafford everybody a treat on an evening iwhen of all others in the week a little .; excitement is looked forward to vrithj more than ordinary interest. .Everybody says what a fine representative he would make if he could only be brought to believe in abolition! The next best,thing to that is for Sir George to convert everybody to his own way of thinking and reasoning. To do so he will perhaps try to-night. In all other places btft this tjhie coming elections are agitating. the public mind, but here the agitation is confuted to the candidates ana probable candidates. • \A slight flutter is apparent, but ; ; it is not enough to create* any great amount of feeling, and unless^a-turn in v the.rti4e of political affairs take place the general election will be as slow an affair as the election of Mayor promises to be. There is of course ample time for getting up steaui before the uominatious, but ■ every-

body would like to see the candidates all | in a row, examine their points, and see what s^rt of metal they are, made of. The Tiaift* ..candidates or probable candidateß^wise,ji|c\;tb.eir l generation, are in up hurryjtd' ltar%ftheir arms for tjje con-1 ;fliftt lest'/|they| g«i,'mauled in th^xo^^^f^ ,'tiifry b6tit£ ; *fidvaaj get cotnb'at?.i round dazM feptrifea h^ve Be'ett^poken of, but pnlj|itwo lar fe.in"t"hHt#elii/' The redoubtable"'loiffeliS'i of Kawau^l and some dark stable companion spoken of or hinted at, i frighten the others, evidently, or they j would have long sincft^ the race.

;The gentleman whose "establishment of deceased relatives and friends " was •^Stice3'^y T~feTeyybo9y'''fiaß;;-tiken v'a^i^' I and altered his announcement. In a

characteristic letter he now says every, body has taken offence at "my process of enlarging deceased friend^ and relatives.'.' This is good, too.. What sort of process is that ?. It is Certainly htfticremation, because that reduces "deceased relatives and friends,".and enables sur-

vivors of "deceased relatives and friends " to stow them away in a small compass. It is evident that the " process " does not require a knowledge, of English, or the deceased relatives and. friends would appear in a guise strange to themselves and. others. Stick to your "process," Mr Photographer, and be thankful when jjppu dV getf an advertisement on: the>chfe&p. Your " process " is no doubt "'diametrically opposite " to everybody else's; it; is peculiarly your own. I