A GRAVE CHARGE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 67, 20 August 1879, Page 3

A GRAVE CHARGE.

/& \. " *0 THB BDITOS.: BprrQ^Aja yop; are^a, #re*t adroi r cate foe justice, I am hapny to inform you th«t the- aa^fi^agalready'dawied^ ■ when a' most heartless pioceof (injustice -will have to be accounted foirrbythe'eoYpbration m England, or their agents! m ;;thisicolony, ~.*^h respect to. the_woßthle.3s. land .«OTipjnWE to the poor immigrant, with:a view to i&duee ■th.enr-tscom& out/ underHtid- Cor* poration, as it was represented by that body that they were giving mfcoWgreater advantages to their immigrants then the Colonial Government. - 'found'"qtile eoirect,'' ■with the exception of the land scrip. Now, Mr/H»lcoinbe;/itlway;y6~^ and it is ours to-day; so gird up your loins liko. a man,/.and ;inform thepnblicv at large how you duped 'the poor immigrants ouVoj! their land 'B<Sap'. :l/W'ySn'^anil to practice• a^o%eß:do,dgei/and^y.oudia'pe (the. bold front on youV m "appealing to" the very ■pipn Tr^p OOTery wounds are still;bleedingfrom t^'lavt operation;that<ydu performed' on lu«m. Now to the point, and* answer the following queries. -Npne<of your- heating about the^ bus,h,j|but answer jin, plain. English;, yes or no. Tfie' land'scrip certicate giv«n to immigrants rnth the Corporar' tion'sh^oad seal entitled him,' on becoming the purfihaser. of land at any periodical auc-^ tion ofjjthe Corporation m New Zealand, to present thiacertificate m part payment m, the sum of J&TLO. Thia certificate. I p.resented: to you, and yog fcid me it was qnite useless, that you had been greatly annoyed • with thejrtj and that you had written to the Corporation.at hpms to stop ajl further land scrip grants. Saving been foiled t-w'ittf the ■pjbspei?t •w.hich ro"ii * so. ruthlessly, nipped m t%jßiuid, IJeft'you to flndera|and |ba£■£ did nofc-intend *to let the matteE^droß, find you';told: me thai, there was not a cpurt m ?f?w Zealind'thjat .W;pnld not treat it.as much Mwwte papier, closed my interview. Now it foiloWsthat the land Ijprip foxMOi signe| as^aid^rithtG^Bailey^ llfili^«r«> w genuine, wgivea m good faith.

for it is not. If npt then we have been duped by that "honorable body, with his grace the Duke of Manchester at its head., Fpritlfe^life of me I cannot believe that ; they have ; sullied their fair fame with "so foul,a stain ; but if npt, why did .ypu , npt "honor it? i This point" you will have to :cleaT,for the disaffected are already mar'"shalled, and standing ihbattl© array against' you, and i$ we find that you have abused .the trust given to yon,, we will s,erve. ypu as some brave mariners. se??ved : a certain mau ; ciiithftday^ of Jonah sling you pvei? "board 1 ; ; — I ; am,s&sc.^<n v r-.ATt'H ■.;.-a. / >. n -.;■ ;•;.! ■ ■ ::' '■' ■,:.' ! ; i'v^ii- - Jpnu; Hanlon. -.j