THE HON. W. FOX.
f^Dgf'S^d, undep|doto|^OtfiifeoS, l§f<£, I^Jlaßllig tSfehis I^|cfrß fm bMolf -pfl ttfel T^mperfence mfveHe bad I visited the chief cities of Scotland, some of Ireland, and several paris of England, and in the 'course of his iqut.n'yings had addressed 75,000 f| lO^OO^ people. .A T Uhojfgh ftlie " f<)tin~gßw^r(j invariably well attended," the Preea in general did not give, a «good«idea»o£, ,wJmt,,,w.asjlan p.,... As. .J&-L.] gar d's . the " reports," Mr Fox says, "IPjiayj dp: ififot .believe anything you will Bee. I used among others to 'coos* colon ial r epo t ti ng^bu t her e ..i t,. is, except in ; the leading London papers,^ infinitely' worße,'and wbere the speateV> is rapid, as I am unfortunately, and Ifjfejeubjecfc one on w bich reporters are y ignorant, as 'they nipatly are on the Tempgrajncolinpvemeoti tbey r make a.,, disgulfliß'g.-h'asb of what one .Bays. -lii~ x my lease 'lhey *j umb le -~vt p" what I: afiy ' of ■<:- Zealand," jin l^ anyone id NevrZeav 1 Cj^nd who-teads their reports of my speeches will think I am telling most awful and unblushing lies. 1 have repeajte,d.ly\ jbjj,en.; reported o aß .saying tha^ in New Zealand has been "*W immense -success, has-.^wept away nine-tenths of the drinking, &0., which will astonisli niy frieridsifiinHjiei^^co.lohy. things have been, said of Maine W Vermont, which, in their ignorance I x suppose,^ the ■f'eportefSi-thinfe.arerjni! NeW Zealand." Mr Fox. Bays—" Vf e fithsv^e had t the very worst weather ...I : ever *' saw^i^ ..'njy < life—inQegsjintrajn, .atorms, driazle^ ; fog> and : moisture; Iv | J havethad at least ten big-colds one on ther ,*,top 61 [."t'tie/p'therl^^quit^ : distinguieh'^ble ? ' in character •—•■-nay rGreenWich-cura^;' Glasgosv: coldj my -Dundeej cold, Vniy ..Aberdeen-cum-Edinburghdoi my Great' ,-^prth'ernl(ailWay'Jo ! , my Maricheater- •; --cuth f Boitonrcura-Prestpn-cuaT-Staley- , bridge dpj my Dujbliq,. special ypold and,, Bore throat, my Carlow relaxed uvulu, my | Wuteffbrd bronchitis, and about a dozen more aiijj '".', with- all tHU -on thfi ■^luugs havehad tpaddre.BS aßßeroblag6B. : of-. from 1000 to 7000 in the grand' halls; which adorn most of the big- citifeß. But Everybody iB much in the same.condition, ond Beeroe uaed to it, 'How'e your cold,' they say, as if it was a pos- - session, land b'elocigedJ to a mi>n, and so indeed it is. It is not .only 4» J£ n g" land.,. A. newspaper cbrresponde'nt. = ; from Italy writes that * Lake' Como^s" like B lackwall' - in ! a vfbg,' the .Emperor of Germany has . gone to _ bed with a cold 'r in h is head, ! ~m ; tlie middle of a V:Vgreat political progress.'" (jPor continuationfof. Newi see' foilfilf page.}
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 21, 22 January 1876, Page 2
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419THE HON. W. FOX. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 21, 22 January 1876, Page 2
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