TURNING THE TABLE.
We are afraid that the political economists injthe County Council, who at last meeting c-rred their Tari»us schemes of novel retrenchment, will have cause to regret the resignation of the junior- member for ManeWe.ter Riding. - There is rathe* an insiegant; proverb, which srvs, " Tis an ill bird which V.' fouls its own nest ;" and although it may nqt.baye a very savoury sound, stil 1 it is ert T f mely iisef al at times. Had the up-country men boen (-roe to fcl*M:iBBVves; they could have curried the day ; but, we grieva to ,a.-jt, i';«/ were w'4pped by their own Lash. Although we have made reference to the combination of npcou,n.lry men, we are pleased to. say that thia. is by no mean's a' party measure, as oui» Foxton contemporary haa dendun v 'ed \t even more singly thar\ onrse\^sj^
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Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 67, 1 September 1880, Page 2
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142TURNING THE TABLE. Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 67, 1 September 1880, Page 2
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