BANQUET TO LORD ONSLOW.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 264, 23 February 1889, Page 4

BANQUET TO LORD ONSLOW.

THE NEW GOVERNOR’S IDEAS. THE FUTURE ALTERNATIVE OF PROTECTION. CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. London, Feb. 19. At * banquet to Lord Onslow, the new Governor of New Zealand, there were present Sir Graham Berry, Sir John Hall, Sir Arthur Blyth, Mr Anderson, Sir W. Buller, Mr Henniker-Heaton, Sir George Bowen, Sir B. G- W. Herbert, Sir J. Innes, Sir Saul Samuel, Sir Dillon Bell, Marquis of Lome, Marquis of Normanby, Sir C. Tupper, Mr Mills, Mr Madia, Mr Archer, and others. The Marqais of Normanby proposed the total of the " Army and Navy/* which was rtaponded to by Sir Henry Norman, who, in hie reply, regretted that the army was so •mall and incomplete. Lord Knnteford proposed the toast of the •* guest of the evening?’ He eulogized Lord Onslow’s services at the colonial office, and as a member of the Board of Trade and Conference on the Sugar Bounties question. Lord Onslow’s appointment was an unusually acceptable one, and he (Lord Knutsford) believed he would earn the gratitude of the people of New Zealand. Lord Onslow, in returning thanks for the manner in which the toast had been received, said his duty as Governor of New Zealand would be to encourage trade, develop the resources of the colony, and to strengthen the connection between the old country and the colonies. He hoped to study democracy, and hinted he was not in favor of Protection, as the future alternative would be separation or federation. He hated the very thought of separation, and quoted Lord Roaeberry on the subject. The Mai quis of Lome proposed the toast of the “ Colonial Empire," to which Sir C. Tupper, of Canada, responded. He said the colonial debts represented the progress of the colonies, and he ridiculed the idea of the United States annexing Canada. The United States by their policy were drawing Canada closer to England. He was confident Sir John McDonald would have a renewal of confidence, and he hoped to succeed in satisfying the French Canadians.

Thera were other toasts and the gathering *M a brilliant one, The speeches, however, wore fiat, except that by Sir C, Tupper, Lord Onslow’s speech was pleasing but attenuated, while blr H. Norman's lacked point.