"WASTERS" OR "ROTTERS."
'.'.''(TcTttp JEtfitor.) Sir,—"Will you kindly allow nio, to kill two birds ' with ono _,stone? „ "Scab's'Mdea of a retaliatory nickname , \is. a good onei'His definition of tho term "scab , ' is also to be commended, but though wo all recognise *"cancer" as a malignant growth, tho word itself does not hit hard enough. If, however; wo. substitute either of tho two synonyms, "rotter", or "waster," .tho bill is nicely filled.. Lot \is henceforth, then, consider these upholders of topsyturveydom as being merely "rotters" or '"wasters." Replying to "Libertas ct Natalo; Splum" (who will find English a very good conveyance of thought), tho writer here suggests, if it can be proven that a. ."waster," or set of "wasters," nro. being .deliberately soolcd on by any particular body or sect in,a community, that.not only shall tho "waster" lose his'franchise for a poriod'of years, but - that he;.and his backers (who also arc, : . rotters)'shall be disenfranchised for 'good.- ■Such a procedure !boing even ■ "■-. mooted would have a highly beneficent effect.—l am, etc., . ■' : 'NO TIME FOR'EM. Mastorton, November 14.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1907, 15 November 1913, Page 8
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175"WASTERS" OR "ROTTERS." Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1907, 15 November 1913, Page 8
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