A Witness.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 14 February 1890, Page 2

A Witness.

Some men do good by stealth — not many, but ainocgst the number wh mast place the person who took , I the trouble to send to ub a i( newspaper " bearing the taking title of ' r The Waimate Witness" and Manaia v Opuuol'ii, Kaponga, . PihaVa, Otakelip, Okuiawa and Oeo Advocate." Appavently the issuers of this sheet do I 'think that- there is something-ill' a name. The objeotin sending this production to ns, is made clearer by its leacl'ng artiei'e being marked in btye pencil This work of art is founded upon the vacant seat of the Elucatiou Board, >md is talcon up simply with the puff of a Mr Hurley, a candidate for the position of member. About Mr Huiley we do not mean ,ti worry i as he may V« th^ pftp»*

. gon that he is painted, but about the dissemination of this wonderful papere opinion, we, are inclined to teriew. \ The . Wanganui Chronicle ! is edited and printed by Mr Gilbert Orson, who also holds the position of chairman of the Education Board. ; He is deeply Jntevgat^d in. securing under him, members who have thai belief in the virtues that exist in Wanganui that he has, but fearing to use the column* of the Chronicle to urgc-hisfiews, aslJelngtoo glaring has now adopted other tactics. This " Waimute Witne»3 " business is tue blind, being no veritable paper the outcome of the needs qf a districrt- tliough it has proclaimed itself the Advocate of all the townships there was room for on its front page. The paper is no more a Waimate Witness than the Chronicle is, tardl.t m> much atf, as tiu« pap^i* is only an effshoitpf the Cbfoniek as the imprint states it is '• Printed by Gilbert Carson of Dublin street, Wanganui, and published at Md*>rs Budge and Good's buildings M<maia, for the Wanganui Chronicle Co»« pany Limited." Mr Carson therefor prints in this sheet opinions be does not care to of Typo on his yenture, but express in- the Chronicle or uses its coinmns to efiflbr se " the news Mr Carson has aldre«tdy made pub' lie in his other paper. This is not a Btyl&gfjdurna)ism that is either useful ov,s£jnmental nor it is likely to achie^^eoygft^, attempted. We wonaw%^#Mii the -owner of the Chrouielfe BwS^d the opinion in case he did ndt^Wtepett it "A paper h««[jfljit been published in the Manafo district, entitled the Witness in opposition to the : .old-established Daily Star, r It is not a.local enterprise, but au offshoot of the Wanganui Chronicle, in the office of which, fifty two miles away it in printed. Ventures of this kiud have becoino far too common lately, and are in the highest degree mi«chevious fco the trade." V/e are pleased io have the Editor of the Chronicle's views straight, but are not interested in reading hifi own remarks upon his performances.