THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOOK P.M. Resurrexi THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1879.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3345, 11 September 1879, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOOK P.M. Resurrexi THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1879.

The gratification which we experience in recording the victory of Sir George Grey and the Liberal cause at Christehurch will, we are sure, be also entertained by our readers. The election of the man, whom conservativepoliticians have stigmatised as the enemy of Canterbury, shews that the bulk of the people hare confidence in Sir George Grey and his Liberal policy. The Riehardson-StevenaJMobr-house clique have for many years past looked upon Christthurch as their own— a sinecure, the electors of which could be as easily manipulated as the sheep of their brethren of the plains. But the eyes of the people have been opened, and having experienced the delightful novelty of thinking for themselves, the day when their opinions were directed by a small party of conservative squatters, will never return. This last victory of the great pro-consul will carry terror into the Opposition ranks, and we doubt not but that it will cause some of the " independent" candidates who have only been sitting on a rail watching on which side they can fall to the greatest personal advantage, to immediately tender adhesion to tho Greyite Liberal cause. Elector-s will regret, if Sir George Grey decides to sit for Christchurch, that the direct connection of the Thames with Sir George Grey is about to cease, though this regret will be tempered by the knowledge that our interests will receive as great attention from hia hands as if he were one of our sitting members.