THE MAYORAL ELECTION.
’!' To the Editor. * Sib, —The renowned .Cox for Finsbury ... promised the intelligent working men that if- they returned him they would be able to Hina riff ducks and green peas, and wear broadcloth instead of fustian. He was returned, the cotton famine came, and then where were the Cox’s, Bradlaughs, and Odgers ..to be found who had duped the working : men ?. and where should we have baen had it- not been for the men of capital ? Wbat position are we in here ? Work is scarce, wages lower, and wool 6d per pound less than last year, which means millions sterling less to come into the .. country this year. And who are we dispendant en ? Trust not to a broken reed* nor listen to the enchanters (the Bradlaughs and —Odgers !of Dunedin), but vote to-morrow for those'that will assist us in the rainy day, . remember that it is to the men of capital ‘ diode ,we can look for support in the present critical time.—l am, &c., / , i ... .A Working Man with Seven Chiloben, •• Dunedin, August 2.,
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Evening Star, Issue 4191, 2 August 1876, Page 4
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178THE MAYORAL ELECTION. Evening Star, Issue 4191, 2 August 1876, Page 4
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