A JOURNALISTIC IAGO.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 43, 21 May 1879, Page 2

A JOURNALISTIC lAGO.

i Sib— A short . tißfteuago a 'paragraph , appeared m #p\^g^eiAi?oedte asieri*. . ing^that tU^ jiimhaf trijjdi isr Feilding watv * collapsing, nowwre are treated to a leader ii£ ablate ißsijta^epeiitiiigthftsUteinent, " Two; Dlackido iao/iiake; i doea. reiterating a ffljsehdod establish It as » truth, eyen if it were true, what good ei»d does this ■■?• Js^uß-i^ed Edijjor" attain, by. so prematureljT: sounding our- death, knell, and g}iituag oreifv our /dowmatt.; It\ our.'nun necessary td>the^ad I f?ui3enienfc 6fS : • Jfarton? Is Mart^tpObe; <*e^t«jsewja*fc-

their' jubilations to :their true cause, and you arrive at Bpite, envy, and jealousy— the meanest * emotions, that mftn is capable of. He further asserts 'that property ia greatly depreciated m value'; a reduction of wages imminent ; the banks are going to close ; that an odd Am, or two augur the downfall of .the colony ; Queensland is destitute' of those 'and' other agreeable -.items of a like nature. Ab regayd*;<J>h» timber trade, business is, as briilt.nowiwit has ever been, and being m tKe trade myself,' 1 am better qualified to judge than a-hypochondrical Editor. Further comment is needless, the onhr balm' we can apply to our suffering and collapsing souls is the" gratifying fact that the circulation of the Argus not equalling the^ London Times, few see and fewer take notice of any rabid statements that it may contain. There is one thing we will raise our voice for, though it seems hopeless to expect it— that is t' ' * ' . Justice.