The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1884. A MIDDLE ISLAND MINISTRY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1758, 11 August 1884, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1884. A MIDDLE ISLAND MINISTRY.

There are some indications • which suggest that'the' coalition Sir Julius VoGEL is now'engaged in, bringing about is not the most desirable; one that • it is a provincial, rather than a colonial' 'combination,.' He' : has /the' ball at• his feet, and.he must.use his own judgment as to tbo direcfion,in which he will kick it, We fancy that he...is.arranging a Canterbury-Ufago ..alliance, or in other' words a Middle Island Miuistry. -We do not. object to a Middle Island Ministry if wo obtain a capable Government and wise legislation, We- can trust Sir Julius VoQELnot to betray .the North into, the hands of the South. .We do not believe, that with a . Middle Island. Ministry he will" be any party to insular. separation or the removal of the seat of Government,.. We may be premature in assuming that the new -party lines are . likely to be drawn on the old and detestable provincial demarcations; We trust that we are, but we should not be surprised to'find that Sir Julius Toqel has had. to resort to them. We expected him to go in to win and if arrangements of this character, are essential to his success we know very well that be would not hesitate to make them. Even a Middle Island -Ministry-may do justice to the'colony as a whole, and more than this 'we do not'ask for,