A CORRECTION.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 47, 7 June 1879, Page 2

A CORRECTION.

, TO THB. BDyEOB.' -My^attention^ haa : juat been, clrawn. to a- paragraph m ypun issue of yesterday, headed " Man's Ihhu inanity ;s tb^,Man," io., which I am made to figure>s the perpetrator of a practical joke, "auVged to haite been, committed on' a party of - " guests " at my ■ brother's >hot.cl. : That a^joke' was played J^dp not. deny, but it was private affair^amopg, *my- relations, with'- the. exception that two' gentlemen happened to oidj at the 'therelore were included: m- the joke; I think it would be well if, the wa-Jt er ''of the Sensatiohnl^parngraph referred, to; were in&turei to take the trouble to obtain the true facts of thft case (if he is.ap hard [ upifoinewa thatA3,must ieporfc doings m private fami-lies-^and not, as m this instance, atatbtia facts chipgs. tliat have occurred only ih: liia own imagination. y By ihsoiiing. the'abpT» you will oblige 1 yours;;<S:c., ' ; r ; -■ r )~ ''■'-- ' : :;i- > Ais^. Soßnjf^t. ■" ; ; Awahuri, 6th JunPjlS?^; ' v [Mr/ Alexander Schult^e,Kke all gentle- . men who are. fond :pf playing practical iokea, As parttculnrly sensitive because the effecta' have recoiled: upon' himself. Clever; how-: ever, &s Mr, Sqhultze may deem; hijTrepistle, it is slightly inconsistent, and largelyc jntra-" dictorT v In one portion he contradicts the. story altpgother, while m the same breath he freely, admits its truth. Mr.. Soiiuli?*. should be just befo -8 he is generous, and-,th» advice he. has bestowed upon up. wouldha ve. . been better njipliecU to himself, Hia " prt-i. rate *' joke, as, he'is pleased terrri it^was,-.-cbflimph. talk of the dist'r!^, and if ;''.^«l does not wish fcfr hotoriety, healibuld re-x f rain from, making himself ! ao.famona.— JEuu