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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 29, 3 February 1871, Page 2

We are pleased to find that we have . extorted from thex Colonist its views bn the duties: of a reporterv which, accordingtbih_t paper, are,'that he should :jsubUlh| i not wliat -^as „said.at;,a : putiicV.m^ting^; fbut> tfeafi. which speaker intended to haveja_idi v %all for , the future bear this in mind,- and read the reports of meet- ,' itigs as published . by onr eo^temjoorary with a certain degree of resemtibn, ■ Tte

Colonist seeks to cast a veil over its incorrect report of Mr. Lightband's speech by sayiDg that that geutleman had asked to have the correct word substituted for the wrong one he had used ; but we may say, that, not being in Mr.- 'Bightband's confidence, he made'rio^effbrt to have his egregious blunder "rectified in our report, and, eousequently, nofc possessing the astuteness of the editor of the Colonist, who, when one of his candidates said that his opponent was a provincialist, at once knew that he intended to say "Centralist," we were innocent enough to suppose that Mr. Lightband meant wM»he said ; now, however, we learn that such was not the case. We brou°&4< two charges against the Colonist, ate for having substituted one word for another, the other for having interpolated a word that was uevor made use of. For the first of these a plausible excuse is found, and to the second uo reply is made. Having indulged in his customar} r sneer at the Mail, our contemporary proceeds to give a chemical analysis of its editor. This appears to us to be somewhat prematura, and unpleasantly suggestive of a post mortem examination, an operation to which we are scarcely prepared to submit just yet. However, in the dim future that is before us, it will be pleasant to look back and reflect that our0 ur biographers here have, in describing u s, stated that " varnish, gloss, and oil w ere the normal condition of this volunteer." What a queer " uorcnal condition" for auy man to be in ! It is pieasanfc to find that evea our augry contemporary gives us credit for a certain amount of polish ; we should very much like to return the compliment, but cannot do so conscientiously.