HONEST JOURNALISM.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 700, 28 July 1882, Page 2

HONEST JOURNALISM.

A neat little example of how the “ Own Correspondent ” business is sometimes worked has coma under our notice. The following extracts are from the Dunedin Morning Herald and the Ashburton Mail respectively ; Herald. Mail. “Wellington, July • “Wellington, July 21.—1 learn on good 21. —Hearn on good authority that Mr authority that Mr E. G. Wright will E. G. Wright will shortly join the shortly join the Ministryas Minister Ministryas Minister of Public Works, of Public Works. Both as a practical This will of course and a straight-going necessitate a repolUicianhc will he arrangementof portan acquisition. This folios amongst will, of course, ne- which will be the cessitate a re-ar- relegation to a rangement of port- member of the Lower folios, amongst House of the Prewhich will be the re- miership. Major legation to a member Atkinson will in all ofthe Lower House probability be the of the Premiership, man, but the transMajor Atkinson will fer will be merely a in all probability nominal one, Mr be the man, but the Whitaker retaining transfer will be the whip hand.” merely nominal, Mr Whitaker retaining the whip hand.” Our readers will perceive that the two extracts are word for word alike, and ware evidently penned by the same hand, the only differencesbeing that the well deserved compliment to the member for Ashburton is i% the case of the Mail carefully omitted. Perhaps it was crowded out “ owing to pressure on our space” ?