Somewhat Mixed.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 124, 21 April 1884, Page 3

Somewhat Mixed.

The other Palniors'ton paper had; the following paragraph m its Salurday'.s issue : — " Oar local .contemporary,', the Standard, deliberately suppresses every tford of explanation made \xjMr Rus-sell a^ Lo the petition re wards; What reliauce can. be placed on tbe criticisms of a journal which is afraid to pnblish. both sides, or distorts faots which don't suit ?" Ou referring to the Times' owii report of the meeting, we ■ find the following:-^-" Mr Russell then desired to re[ply'to soiii'e "remarks '■ made by Messrs ;Linton, vb'ergusoiy and others, but the' ;Mayor refused to allow him to speak,, antflelt the 1 chair.' •■■.■'■. 1 The meeting then broke up m dis^ !order."'' ' ' ■•,'.• ' '„.,:.■;" : V' ; ' y . j .'Nowdidi'the-JTimes /wish ,us to piibrlish>.' report of 'what Mr -Russell in-: tended to sayj but was not allo»veU to i say. In that case he should' have siip- ' pli*»tl us with the written report of the . speech he had specially prepared for i the occasion. Bui if he y^ asrefnsed peri tuiasioa to speak, how could his " explanation "have been suppressed. It . must surely be 'nearly new moon with j sc^iib people:.^. '.;.'" .' '