A PRIVATE OPINION.
(to thb editor of the standard.) Sib,— l can imagine nothing more contemptible or unworthy on the part of y a newspaper than to keep on assailing ' a public body, because of some private grudge or imaginary grievance. I hear from ..numerous quarters the disgust which: this conduct^ has caused. It Beems i to me so paltry to try to damage the prospectß of a district, and stir up strife,, because of .some petty" advertising quarrel that nobody cares two -pence about. Fortunately, the evil influence is limited — I ; may say .(Very limited indeed, as I hear those who do read the paper m question never pay the slightest attention . tp ; : its railings, knowing the secret of the spleen that prompts them. When a newspaper sinks . into the individual its usefuljaess ends and its fate is sealed. I could imagine a writer entertaining personal animus against a member of a local body, or even the whole body, if smarting under what he thought was an injustice ; but there can be no excuse for wilful misrepresentation, or attempts to mar the success of certain proposals ior the good of the. district. SThis conduct is unworthy of any journal or any man.— lam^&c, :.:L:l. )-."'?. Pbo Bono Publico. Fitaherbert, 'A pril 3^.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 113, 20 April 1883, Page 3
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212A PRIVATE OPINION. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 113, 20 April 1883, Page 3
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