SECOND EDITION.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 17, 18 December 1883, Page 3

SECOND EDITION.

AN EXPLANATION. 'Perhaps s"dihe v of oui' rea'ders might like to know the history of the Times' attack on Messrs' Stevens an : cV Gorton. A few week ago, in consequence of certain facts' which ca'me to their, knowledge, that firm contemplated "the withdrawal of their advertising from, the Times. Mr Leigh, the manager, , .notified, jMx -Russell that such was their intention, and when the advertisement appeared in theJSTANDARD, the latter went to; him and asked if the withdrawal : hfld been : definitely decide-.! tifpoW.'^Mr Leigh replied iii the affirmative, and Mr Russell in answer said tfiiit it would riiake no difference so far as iltt Leigh was concerned, but that as for Stevens and[,Gjorton, he now had a very-strong feeing against them, which he" would expression the firat possible opportunity. We. challenge Mr^ RttSseli to deny the truth of thisi- -The public can nov see what is the cause of the bitte^niperßpn&l' feeling- recently given ventt' to 1 , 1 ' arid : ; the manifest desireyto injure the firm J thHheir bu«itiess J trans actions, which itfsfTpalpable even to the casual reader. .Several settlers have spoken td us mthin. the last,, few, days in terms' 'ofstr^n^ reproach for the i?ky^ltt Whitjn-the Times 'has attacked Mes^; Stevens and Gorton' in their business and sought to. do them. harm. Mafi^ : -W tbem'ilid.ndt know the cause of the outburst^ but riow; :i they will see exactly I 'what significance io attach to similar fulminationsTm future from the same source. . The Times • ias also sought td'make dntthat Messrs Stevens and Gorton are interested pecuniarily in the' B¥akdard. This statement is a pure concoction. " TlTcfirmis notinterested- m the St andabd to the amount of O^o r periny piece. Their busip'e^sgoe? ■#l:*r'e' ! tlfey' receive the' best value arid; tbey haire satisfied tiierriselves by the most careful inquiry arid investigation that in advertising iri the Standard they obtain a wider publicity in these districts than any other journal on the Vfest'Gbaitcould ensure. The mana.ger of the Times also, ? but it is rather an un'p'alafabld admission to make even tp Ujtm^elf.., ,-. j : l ;i „i •■ :\i