THE Manawatu Times. SATURDAY, MAY, 31 1879. THE SQUEALER OFF THE CHAIN AGAIN.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 46, 31 May 1879, Page 2

THE Manawatu Times.

SATURDAY, MAY, 31 1879. THE SQUEALER OFF THE CHAIN AGAIN.

H Word* are things, and a drop of ink falling like v dew upon a thought produces that which mains thousand*, perhaps millions think."

Thb Ringed -tailed Squealer- has broken loose again, and as m duty bound has made a rush at the Manawato Times and its northern neighbors. la its last 1 issue it com. niences an, exceedingly frothy i article as follows : — < A faw days ago we chanced to drop across a copy of the Man awatu Times of July 19, which contained what was evidently an " inspired " letter from its FeUding correspondent, &o. Wow, the foregoing is a very short sentence, and yet it contains no less •than three gross mis&tatements. Firstly, the Squealer did not drop across a Times of July 19, as July, 19 was a Friday and we do not issuo" upon that day ; secondly it di 4 not contain an " inspired " letter, for the. reason that there being no issue there could be no publication of the inspired document ; and thirdly as the Times' had got a special correspondent at Folding, no such letter coyld be seen from "its " correspondent. So much for the Squealer's facts ; now for- an analysis of its figures, and m undertaking the dissection we .will give the statistics of our friend credit for being genuine. Afte,r peeking value the labors of the present County Chairman, our contemporai*y gives the debit balance of the Upper District Ridings at £3510, and of the Lower at £714. Well, so far so good ; we do not dispute the figures, which may or may not be correct, but we proceed to take its data as to the revenue, which it gives as follows j — Manchester £2851 1 Kiwilea"" 425 Taonui ...... ... .... 80.6 We leave ourreaders the task of add^ ing up those three items, and if they do not come to'^oß2, then, we know ,noarithmetic. Well, to proceed," The.wonderfuJ manipulator next The ridings, m the Southern portion of the County qhow considerably niore than the above, " < 'And he proceeds to prove so m the following artistic manner': — £awakaifft ."„ .... ... £1101 Awahou ... > 1213 - Qroua ' 1033, Horowhenua 213 £3595 From the above figures most peo,nle would-be led 'to the belief 'that the three upper ridings had a revenue of £487 m excess of 1 the 1 south, but by some process of calculation known only tojtsel£-the Squealer, proves to its evi-' dent satisfaction and delight that the case is reversed, and that the difference is £500 to its advantage. Arguing upon his premise it waxes eloquent-r---after its own peculiar' style— a.nd rav-es about the quartette being bled to fatten the Upper District, and, upon'whatraust be false representations, it th,«s blows its puny whistle i — r * We, who I\ave been husbandiug our resources, are n.ow compelled to pay interest on the debts contracted by Manchester, Eivrifcea, and Taonui t ladings, n£>tvi*iirh'standing the fact that our annual income . exceeds thei/vaiinted xevqnue by over £500. This loots very nige v on paper, but perhaps the great statistician would condescend to explain the apparent, paradox of {he income -of the Upper being £4083 and Lower District £3595, while the fetter is £500 m excess ofthe former. But why proceed further, or reply tq a w-riter whose facts are nil fiction,' who sets truth at defiance, and whose fi.gur.es are quoted only to mislead. Thena is an old saying -to -the 'effect that *'• children should not play with i edged tool 9," and the Ennged-tailed -Saqe^ler neyerteaves its kenhell to attach -the Twbb, or Booidsh its'tail, wtthoufcliaving it trod upo?..