Correspondence. "NIL DESPRANDUM."

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 300, 25 June 1896, Page 2

Correspondence. " NIL DESPRANDUM."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAB. Sir,— I _ think the demonstration made at Dunedin on the arrival of the ex-Colonial Treasurer on his return from the North last we«kwillv touch! the hearts of thousands of his fellow- < countrymen, many of whom have-pro-bably condemned him. lam also glad to see that our Premier and " Scruti^ tor" in last week's N.Z. Mail, neither of I thorn small men in their way, are among those who take up the cudgelfs on behalf of Ward., For after aft what has he done? Neglected his own private business for the public business which he adopted. Financially ruined, as he appears to be, he yet ~ stands foremost as one of the cleverest financiers in this colony j far could have done so well at Home, for, the purposes of raising, a loan forHhw' country as he did. Unlike the Psalmist of old, Ward did exercise hnafeVtlmi great matters, which were too high for", him, and consequently made a migeW' able failure. But to quote the worda' of a grand old English 'Statesman^ I feel sure that you at the bptio'nrtoff your heart, and all your readers, after considering the pros and cons of ; the whole of this sad misfortune, will soon long to see the time when Mr Ward ■ will " once more riseabove the 'wav«t^ amidst which he has seemed for the moment to founder."— l am, &c. r .J , Dum Spikby SpisitdV ?i "