Mr Vogel and Mr Gillies.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 155, 29 October 1872, Page 7

Mr Vogel and Mr Gillies.

Sparring matches between Mr Yogel and Mr T. L>. Gillies in the House are not unfrequent, and as a rule the hitting is pretty hard. In criticising individually the members of Mr Stafford’s Ministry when moving his want of confidence motion, Mr Vogel Hi us dropped upon Mr Gillies: —“ The people of Auckland, in electing their Superintendent, reminded him of the short-sighted g ntleman who once saw an extremely handsome vonng lady at an opera house. She had beautiful curls, pearly teeth, and a figure of exquisite gym me try/ The old gentleman managed to scrape an acquaintance with the lady, and to make a long story short, he married her. On arriving at the well-ordered house winch had been prepared for the reception of the lady, the old gentleman found the beautiful curls hanging up, the pearly teeth were lying about, the exquisite symmetry was also hang ng against the wall, and, alter comparing notes, discovered he had married his grandmother.”

I Mr Gillies s retaliation, it will be seen, is 1 pretty strong The Hon. Mr Vogel had alluded to his (Mr Oillies's) connection with Auckland as that of a man having married his grandmother. The idea was not happy, and he could not find fault if, in return, he gave him another : —A beautiful young heiress was wooed by a gambling spendthrift. In spite of the warnings of her friends and guardians, she listened to his voice, until at length, by vows and protestations, by bribery and fraud, he induced her to elope with him. Her guardians and friends followed the pair, and tried to save the hj nress, but the gambler, bv professions of love, induced her to turn a deaf car to their arguments and warnings. For some time all wont well. As long as the heiress’s fortune lasted matters were pleasant enough ; brtat length, having dissipated her money, the gambler left her to ruin and disgrace, while he flew away to ‘ fresh woods and pastures new.’ That heiress was New Zealand.”