CONDEMNIN HIM OUT OF HIS OWN MOUTH.

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

CONDEMNIN HIM OUT OF HIS OWN MOUTH.

The following appeared m our Foxtpn contemporary'^ issue of yesterday ior^saded by the " Press Agency.^rjr ' "The statement made that Halcpmbo is legally disqualiGed as a candidate m ejection, because he signed'a (^oyerjjtnpnt cQntract for, sleepers on bettalf of p(?lonist»' Aid Company, is denied. Legal' adyice having been taken, it is alleged that Halcombe can cite the case of Hon. He.nry RuijaglJ,' whiqh has established a precedent." Very good; but w our con{,empi}rai!y very properly points out — " The Hon Henry Russell's, oas« pcQurre.d iinder the. Act of 1^76, which i^ras r«pe.aled m 18YSS, and a new Act passed, specially designed to meet such eases as that of Mr. Halcombe., where contractors were candidates. This view ns borne out b,y ph§ B.eptiona wa haye quoted. Jn the same paper is an adrertisem^nt forwarded from Wellington b,y Mr. Halpqm^e—that gentleman eyjdgntly not caring to come back jusfc yet — anqounpjng that " {.he. statement that I am disqualified is false." Those who implicitly believe every word uttered by Mr. Halcainbs may beJieve it. Honestly speaking we do not, it i? nothing more than an electioneering dodge to prevent the electors going over m a mass to the ONLY LOCAL'MAN, MR. SHJSLSQir.— ■ . . ■"■■■'■;