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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 96, 19 September 1877, Page 3

There is rid£itre even among some Turks. . One of the meetings of the Turkish Parliament was lit up by a gleam of pathos, and, common sense, which deserves mention, even if it were only that it is likely to be , the last. A representative from the Kurds, m raiment very different from the splendid crowd around him, dared -to say that much of the public misery was due to the extravagance and misrule at Constantinople. " You talk of misery, yet J see splendid uniforms^ luxurious palaces, elegant carriages here, enough and to; spare. Come to our provinces, if .you wanfc to see real misery. I myself go about there, like other people, m rags, and it was only by a great effort and, sacrifice that I was enabled to get this coat to apppear m among you." This speech, as you may imagine, gave great offence to the Grand Vizier and the other gilt people; who neither like the Kurds nor their wheys.