THE WOMEN OF NELSON AND THEIR DETRACTORS.
To THE EDITOK OF THE ' EvENIiIG MAIL.' Sir— '< Australian," I find, has come to the rescue of the Colonist and its chaste coresponriei.t " A Dweller in ihe Desert," and finds (Jiult with the " incorrect arid filthy interpretation " put by me upon the latter"s letter. In my ignorance I should esteem it a favor if he would kindly in r onn mo what in the correct and cleanly interpretation tbat he would place upon the following words when applied to t lie mothers and wives, the sisters and daughters of the men of Nelson : — A stranger entering one of your churches "might have thought that he had fallen into a congregation of ' women of the city who are sinners.' " — "The power of unblushing effrontery you ("the womenfolk of Kelson") so carefully cultivate." It is gratifying to find that the editor of the Colonist " fails to ste anything o' jectiouable " in such assertions. I am, &c. r Nklsoniax,
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 88, 13 April 1875, Page 2
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