Found Wanting.

Monday is General Election day, and the indications point to the deserved defeat of the Government « all along the line. » We are therefore justified in looking for restored confidence in business circles, and consequent revival of trade. The only Minister whose return can safely be predicted, is the scapegoat of his colleagues—Sir Julius Vogel. Never before in this colony has a Government been so forsaken by the press. Only one daily paper of any standing in New Zealand has remained faithful. The three newspapers at the seat of Government are all in opposition; the idea of starting a Government organ has been abandoned; and—direst humiliation of all—the ministerial supporters are the weekly papers Truth and the Jubilee Herald!!