THE RINGED-TAILED. SQUEALER.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 35, 16 April 1879, Page 2

THE RINGED-TAILED. SQUEALER.

TlJ^ Squealer is off ;he chain again, and of course has indulged m one of \t» periodical snaps at the Upper District. Mr. Halcombe, Mr. Maoa.rtsU3, Mr. Lintqn, and the " roaring leaders " of the Times, are all m turn dealt with m a manner peculiar to the young gentleman who forges the editorial thunderbolts for that journal, In a paragraph headed, "The Truth," written it is stated for Mr. • H^.COMBe's especial benefit, it is asserted that some '3,500 shares of the Sandon Railway have been taken up. Of course, as the Squealer says that is the truth, there can b,e no question about it ; but instead of strive ing to jimp, upon Mr y Hai-goij;b.e. for ■• expressing regret a;t what he considered the non-success of the company, it certainly appears odd that no reference is ma.de by our captious contemporary to the distinct statement of M.T- BalliA^oe that he had been officially told at the deputation at Foxton that the nu.mb.er disposed of wa,s on/s thousand out of siof. A day or so after the visit of the Ministers the Squealer informed the public, that over* 3000 shares had been disposed of, so that consequently there is a screw loose somewhere. T"id the deputation tell Mr. Ballance a falsehood, when it informed him tha.t tKfere Were only a thousand shares issued, when there were yi reality three, ft. Nat likely. Did Mr. Balance tell a,fa\se-r hood m stating that lie had his information from the deputation, ? Not likely, or it would have been contradict ted-; and lastly is the Squealer itself telling the truth when it contradicts Mr,..BALLANCE, The Very action of, the ijournal m attacking Mr. fjAicoMBS instei\d^of Mr^ proved that the qnly claim its paragraph has to the truth 1.5 m its name,, for it will be borne m mind that it has studiously avoided contradicting the grave assertionr of the Trea.sv3,rer. We wish our southern friends to urjdersta.nd that we by np, means begrudge them the larger number, and would be better pleaded to hear tha.t th^e whole six thousind had been subscribed for, bat we, wish to, show how a jgood cause can be materially damaged by an .untruthful a,nd indiscreet, though perhaps sincere, aliy_. Before leaving the subject. of railway, we -will deal with! a -''sentence' m -the" ''.leader" of. our contemporary which is evidently 'a poor, attempt at sarcasm. It^'ays,: — ■• • Upon the matter of the, ./^ellingto.n Railway, the Upper District is certainly opposed to both . Foxton and Sandon ; but their. representatives and organ, nave^ at all' times expressed themselves favorable ttf the Sandon iine, t and wished it success; ' 'Accepting' these assurances m the spirit m which we believe they were given, We think it is , more than probable that the remaining 1,500 shares ' would be readily subscribed for m Palmerston and Feilding. . With regard to the foregoing, we may briefly say the men of Palmerston. and : Feilding. are m favor of the" JFit^herfeert lino ; the njen of Palmerston ana Feildingconsider the We.Uinjrton line would ,be an injury to the port QjE although, no doubtj it would he a great convenience to the Hon, Robert Camp-, bell, Mr. Laekwoktht, and other's of that ilk; hut while the" men of Palmerstbn and Feildihg are prepared to giye both Carnarvon and Sandon sympathy and 'assistance'; they certainly are hot prepared to dci.so at the expense of their own,, and the Foxton district. If the ..Sandpn men. wished : the prosperity of Foxton ,th,ey wo.ul.d let their whole efforts be devoted to constructing their lino so as to make their produce s well • Hts 'Exports. ' We no^; charge every man— rwhether. he hail from, Sandon, Ca.rna.ryon, or Foxton — who advocates the through line, as a traitor, to the interests of the port. Let the, promoters of the District Railway malte their line so, as to give the on.ly port of Manawatu the benefit of their produce, ey.ery man in .the .iUppeP'District.'WJil.help them m their '. effort,.but it is rather too much to expect ito be. assisted m their selfishness to the vuin/af a portion.bf; the Cou,ti.ty. Arid now about anothe^littk, matter, over which our youthf u.l joki.st has striven to-be •funnily severe." S,pme unknown and utttruth,ful arpateur-. scribbler supplie.d th.c ' Wungawi Herald with a sia.t'ejnent th,at the County and Borough Councils infeerviewfid Mr, Macandb.jcw, •a^dy that -he promised " two routes •for-'the WelHngton-Manawßtu Railway ! should be surveyed, and the one' having

favor should be adopted." Upoti this canard the watchful editor Has endeavored to be facetious, and comparisons are drawn between such action and the conduct; of. Messrs, Go wee and Sansow. Unfortunately for the ralue of the frothy indieiialion, there was not a particle of- truth m the whole paragraph, as during the deputations from both Borough a,nd County Councils the vexata qzenestio wa? studiously ignored, and Mr. Macanpeew was neither asked, nor did he give, an opinion upon either one route or the other. We regret that the telegram which has aroused such virtuous indignation should appear to be oE a similar character to the para graph which appeared m our contemporary under the somewhat paradoxical heading of— <f The Truth."