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The Wairarapa Daily WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1891.

Lord Onslow has, from the time when he was appointed our Governor, been a mild.surprise. He is quite a new departure from the typical colonial ruler who has been proud to be called "Your Excellency," and who has made it a study to know right people, and whose ambition has been to stand well with the Colonial Office and with " Mrs Grundy." The typical Governor has been a painstaking martyr to etiquette and to regulations, a man \ who has been anxious to have a good opinion from ail sorts and conditions of men, so that his reputation for abUity and popularity might secure him still further promotion when lvs term expired. The position of Lord Onslow has been very different. He is greater as an Earl than as a Governor, and the apprehension of what mightbe said of him in Downing Street has never disturbed him. In this colony he has assiduously devoted himself to lead as pleasantan existence as possible. His term ol power has been a series of picnics and pleasure j trips. He has mixed freelj with people all over the colouy.but has displayed a tendency to associate with just those persons who have been most agreeable to him, and has not bothered himself about grave and worthy Signors who have been accustomed to be treated with special consideration by former rulers. Still be has managed to pnss muster and perhaps to have been as popular as some of his predecessors. He is really a shtwp, clever man, who has been ooe too many for those who have sought to guide and influence him. Thoroughly independent and unpleasantly outspoken, it has been realised t,hat it was, on the who'e, better to lot him .(Jo exactly as he liked. He has been far too shrewd to make blunders iu the discharge of his responsible duties, and he has been a merciless .critic pu those who haye made mistakes. His advisers have had a wholesome fear of hiui, and if they have not always liked him he has at least compelled their re spect. It is bi'M an open question whether the old fashioned typical governor does not suit us best, *nd we hope the colonial office will not offer us another belted Earl. Colonial Governorships constitute a profession, I and it is perhaps better to have a Joined ruler than an amateur, however clever, who f*kw a spell at- the work as a sort of psstlme. We do not altogether regret L.0.4 Qns'ow, because, when he returns Home he will tell the truth about New Zealand and about the present mis rale in the £.olonv.

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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3966, 18 November 1891, Page 2

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The Wairarapa Daily WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1891. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3966, 18 November 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1891. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3966, 18 November 1891, Page 2

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