THE HIGH COMMISSIONER.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10662, 18 June 1912, Page 4

THE HIGH COMMISSIONER.

In some quarters the name of Sir •John Fitidlay ii.s imeiifcioned as a pro'•baiblte 'successor Sto Sir Willirlm ,Hal]•Jones as High Comniiasidner for New 'Zealand. We confess to the belief 'i'hat such an ! . appcWmc/rct, if made, .■•.would give eminemt sji/h'sf'actiV/ii to the country. With, the exception, ".perhaps, of Sir Joseph Ward and the present Premier, we fcivow 'of no person' in, the Dominion' possessing iili a 'higher degiree tine qualification's nee•eoteary for the position. What he may lack in' hfiisiiinetss experielnice Sir John 'more than .supplies ill energy and ori•gioiiaility of .tlumjhifi. iHe is a man who, unifortunaitely foi' himself and 'the Domiaiic-ii', has not yet been quite 'understood. When. Iliis brilliant, at'liwii.iiie.ii'ti? are Hietlber kniown, they will he ore appreciated. So .fair a,s the Trade Coniiiniissionemhip is.cwicei-inipd, ftlr'lsi might with advantage be fililed Voy the fHon. T. Mackenzie. Should, thowevcr, he elect to remain isv New 'Zealand, we suggest as a. suita'blo .rcpree.ni>a;tive Mr John Roberts, of Diuiwdin—a gentleman who, though jn(->t idenftified iwiitOi p'fflitiics, has a commercial experience wlticli euii'nientjy qiralificis him for the povsitioti.