Amongst the news by the mail yesterday is some gossip regarding Sir Julius Vogel as probable Governor of New Zealand. Truth says it was supposed in the Colony that Sir Julius would receive the appointment, and a correspondent of the Auckland Star says that Sir Julius is horribly disappointed at not being made Governor; adding, that " all his friends thought him safe for an appointment to the island of which he was Colonial Treasurer, where he wooed and married his wife, and of which for nearly two years he has been Agent General." These rumors cannot have emanated from Sir Julius Vogel's friends —certainly not from his well-wishers in the Colony ; but rather they have been invented by political opponents for the purpose of having an excuse for saying
something unkind. Whatever fitness Sir Julius may possess for the position of Colonial Governor, his appointment to the Governorship of this Colony would be scarcely less objectionable than a Governor of our own choosing. In either case the occupant of the position would bo imbued with strong party prejudices, and consequently unable to exercise the duties appertaining. to that high office calmly and impartially.
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3118, 14 February 1879, Page 2
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