THE WEST COAST TIMES AND MR SEDDON.

Kumara Times, Issue 1592, 3 November 1881, Page 2

THE WEST COAST TIMES AND MR SEDDON.

[to the editor.] Sir —-Yoiu* contemporary the West CJoast Times still sticks to the text “No case abuse the other side/’ From an under-paid Editor it would be unfair to expect anything respectable or fair in. shape of criticism. Under existing arrangements anything brilliant or able could not be expected to flow from the pen of a person who is contented to fill the editorial chair of our West Coast leading journal, as it sometimes terms itself when the pittance paid is little above that received by a laboring man. “ Cheap and dirty ” is the motto. Half a pint of hoer and an article abusing Seddon, and the cup of joy is filled to overflowing. What an exalted happiness ! How little it takes to please a small mind, and slack a thirsty soul! How aptly do the memorable words of the poet Burns apply—- “ Wad the laird the giftie gie us To see ourselves as ithers see us.” As viewed from an ordinary standpoint by a man of average intelligence the part taken by the Editor of the West Coast Times is simply discreditable, and a blot on journalism. Well misrht it be said —“ What can you expect from Hokitika 1 ? The musical strains that flow from the Eolian harp cannot be expected to flow from the jaws of an ass. If the people of the West Coast are judged by a West Coast Times’ standard no wonder that a prejudice is created against them or that they are set down as an ignorant unprincipled community, and one whose morbid taste cannot ever be satiated. To a person of refined taste the West Coast Times and the name of Seddon are both nuisances, and as such should be treated. A healthy tone of mind is just as necessary as that of health to