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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 659, 15 September 1891, Page 2

“ Our only General” is quite a humorous character, though perhaps unconsciously so, the fact of his having a backbone (vide our contemporary) notwithstanding. In the Council the other day this interesting individual said “he hoped the day would not be far off when the last acre of land would have passed out of the hands of the Government, and then they would see the country prosperous. The theory of nationalisation of land had never been put to the people of the colony. It had emanated from the brain of a halfmad Yankee.” This “ small beer and thunder” from Sir George Whitmore, in relation to Henry George, seems to us about as funny as any of the alleged “ funniosities" that Wellington has had to put up with during the session. Joking aside, we would say, Heaven help the colony that would allow its estate to drift into the condition of a certain large area of fertile land on the East Coast, If a few “ half-mad Yankees ” got settled there, the beautiful crop of briars and scrubby growth would probably be improved on. There is more method in Henry George’s “ madness ” than suits the interests of some people. Eh, Sir George ? '