A Rejoinder.
■■•>■. The Manawatu Times has a. sio»ular tdlent for getting into trou ble. In its report of the Easter Races'; 1 also m a, sensational article headed j" A fiatife Swindle;" cKiarg^ oT^ incapacity' were made against certain Palmerston rwidenUi. In ft brief sub-leader, ; we pointed out that the editor bad shown more than his usual want.of tact m making siroh chftrges, i and al a time ;. which was ipoppprtune, ; Our remarks . ; were couched m. courteous term«, and their good taste should have been 'attempted, at least, to have been imi^ tated, m any reply the editor of the a Times considered within his reach, i ■ This »vas not, however, ■• the mode m { -wbioh our contemporary ireplieil to, our • ; «ditorial; Contrary to journalistic etiquette, he attacked the Star inj his - " local" -columns m three separata pnra> ; graphs. We declined to reply to then* ; : ; 'fo^ two, V^aflonls^— first, because to" da so* would De !.bad form, and secondly, because we objeot va .notice atteokg which sire characterised by vulgarity and potty malice. ' ; ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 127, 24 April 1884, Page 3
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172A Rejoinder. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 127, 24 April 1884, Page 3
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