The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1889. The Governor's Speech.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3236, 21 June 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1889. The Governor's Speech.

[here are some literary- gentlemen b the Empire City who could prepare i governor's speech in such terms ,hat it would not appear limp, but ,he services of such oxperts aro never miployed on this solemn and moments compilation. Sir Harry Atkinson mn, wben bis blood is up, spealt 'oroibly, bat evidently when he composes a gubernatorial address his temperature is nearly zero, and oik platitude - follows another in bale baiting phnwes. No doubt wher " George Fisher" becomes Premier we shall get a more graphic speech for the pride of tho Wellingtoi Radicals possesses form and style but we shall be contented to wai some years yet for a consummatioi of tliis kind. If the present speed bo tame, the maker of it is trust Worthy, and has done some good fo: the colq|)j since he came into power The first part of the speech is wha irreverent colonials oail -"jam," am reminds us that we are line follows living in a splendid country, witl illlii)itj!).le future prospects, and wind up with agopd'deal of butter, spreai for the benefit of the poking JDunedii exhibition, and a delicate mut- i-ba thepublic purse would require tappiii to make this particular epterprisa success. Coming to 'business, th speech proceeds to make a somewha lame explanation for the Goveramen failing to carry out the wishes of th House in tho matter of the appoint Ijieut of Eailway Commissioners, an justly plaims credit for the law settlement nyhifll) they have effected The new measures porajsed in tb speech constitute a fairly full" "ppi grammo. We fancy Sir Harr Atkinson will have enough troubl during the present session witbou reforming tbo Legislative Council o passing a Hare Electoral Bill, Th latter, thoogh it nmy be admirable i: principle, is likely to be hazy ii practice, and is not demanded by tli country, .ajid the former is a tas which ought to he relegated to tb Eadicals during their next o power.. Sir Harry Atkinson's tenur of office depends upon the support c the Conservative party in the colonj and were he wise ii) his genera tion he would not burn hi fingers with too much , dabblin] in reform, Ihe Civil Service i again to be reconstructed, and tbi operation is one that is perhaps no urgent. It might have been sysllJ give the tenants of the big woodei building a little rest, after the yieissi tudes which they have endured, am been threatened with, during the pis year or two;. Unlaws the new proposal of the Ministry possess jfcbe element of certainty' and;'fihality they.-syj] probably do more Jarm iban gooc The: Property Tax Act', ut also to b mended,' and; this perhaps is a uoubt ful benefit," because 1 the "opponent of this particular impost will b likely to take full advantage of th

oponing wluoh an ainonded hill will offer to hnrrnsß the Government. Of courso amendment is needed in our Hospital and Olmritablo Aid legislation, Mid if tho Ministry in-their new | proposnls embody the experience and recommendation of their Inspector, J)r McGregor, wo shall certainly get ii better and more economical system tlmn the present one, Wo may also hail _with satisfaction the prospect of an improved baukruptoy law. Of course tlioro aro many delicate question s upon which the speech is silent. The ministerial change of tho recess, the exercise of-judicial patronage by the Ministry, the perpetuation of tho native land office and the Northern Truck railway route will doubtless bo some of the difficulties which Ministers will have to face in'the present session,, but' wliioh need not be anticipated in tlw speech, There is a probability of a strong opposition being organised against the Ministry which will make the third session of the tenth parliament of New Zealand a niemorablo one, We trust that tbe opposition, while keeping the Ministry m check, and restraining Sir Harry Atkinson in his decided tendency towards unnecessary legislation, will not succeed in deposing him, The Premier 13 a good administrator arid' a trustworthy financier, and there is scarcely a man in the House, who, in the present state of the Colony, would be likely to'serve it eqimlb well. We

therefore wish the Ministry a safe voyage through the perils and dangers of the session wliioh has now opened.