Reply to the "Guardian's Extra.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 72, 6 September 1879, Page 2

Reply to the "Guardian's Extra.

The <^ar^«p friesjto blind the people when it.says .:^-?' , * I "Aijotifer'strgpe proof is that when Mr. I ! Johnston, n^jt* aMpljf man to give a ejiarice a>ay. "heard thjit J^r. galcombe was only J acting as ageq.t,' lie at pneejike an honorable j apponent admitted jih^i'Mr. 3?4cpmb«:"wM j ntot disquali^ed, and o^ferpd t>i contracdict i the reports prey|qujsly cj.rpwiajie4 by his I party;'*- •/ • -•Wr.V.V ,■ . ■'.;!.:;-■ 4 IJow rery magnahim^ujs ! when Mn Halcoinbe is /keeping'the matter quiet so as to ': put Vn Awifncfe's jfriend^ Mr. -Johnston 1 j afr.'Johnstpjf likely to fight against what benefitte4jir. Johnston ? "Mr. Johnston! Try another jiodjge, Mr. Macarthur. Then again, even admitting Mr Halcombe j signed/as '• Agen^" as he isserls, weasj^ all sanenifiji is He. jipt disqualified by -the ifot' loyfing':— .'" '""' v '' " -. V Cditfraetor " in^ns » K e F!*?R either by himself , or directly iir indhectly by or with others, but not as a Tjtembfr of 4 Joint stock ;< corn.pany^ or m any' corporate %bdy, is interested m the execution of any contract op ag^e|»msnt euteredinto "wjth Use Majesty, v " * ' ' " " ' •: Taad' Mr, Hajcombe signed as a- member he woujd be saved", ljut i»e djd not: h© signed Jt-r-fo he says— as. agentj and hence it disqualified. ' . v V : ' : - ; . The Guardtyn sngejrs at the fac^ |ibAfc ffe hayg not published the names of ' ou^'^gal' advisers. That comes well, when i/fac, Kaicombe has produced np l^gaj opinion Tfhateyer? The whbl^" evidence fdr* Mr. Halconibe benig Mr^Halcombe's' unsupported telegram, while Mr. Halcoinbo toke§ P&rg \° keep beyond reach of; cross-examination." v We nowi d^al wjtb. the last extract, which says :— " Ife waii perfectly safe, and ' that m the tafo last Sessions ~ of Parliament several precedents had occurred of members sitting un4 er E*eoisftly similar ciicumBtances." : . . Quite true Mr. Maoarfchjir, but a? .we point ouf; m apother colnrtin, the P'fqualifi-: cation^Act' of 'lß7B, was passed ,-.fcq, destroy the very pr«cedenti:pll^ded to m. the 'preyious Sessions. How nW, Mr. jtlacarthur; ■yduiire dealing wjth the. Acts of 1876 and 18.77— totally, ignoring the'fact^ that 1878— ro^fla^ad all your- precedents.: ;v. ; „ .