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Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 51, 25 February 1843, Page 201

\y EX ELIZABETH. SUPERIOR Red Wine, Brandy, Gin, Rum, &c. &c. &c, at Messrs. C. Empson and Co.'s Warehouse, Auckland Point. Nelson, Feb. 17. JB*RESH BUTTER, 3s. per lb. J- H. W. Bust, Hiajen Road, February 4. JkffELSON AGRICULTURAL and TL^I HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. — A public meeting will be held at the Literary Institution, on MONDAY the 7th of March, at twelve o'clock, when the rules for the 'government of the Association will be submitted. All persons desirous of becoming membenjare requested to attend. C. Elliott, Secretary, pro. tern. ANNIVERSARY FETE.— ■1-^1 The Committee for conducting the late F6te are requested to meet on WEDNESDAY next, at twelve o'clock, at the Institution. And those persons who have not yet paid their subscriptions, are requested to do so, on or before that d '*n ; HO AZOR STROP.— LOST, in the Town \XV or on the North Road, a red RAZOR STROP. Any person returning it to the Examiner Office will be suitably rewarded. Nekon, February 21. gJ^O all MEMBERS of the I. O. F. — JL A MEETING will be held at Host Anderson's, Bridge Street, Nelson, of all officers and brothers belonging to the Independent Order of ODD FELLOWS, Manchester Unity, on Saturday, April ISth, at six o'clock in the evening. All persons who have previously belonged to the Order are requested to attend.] To the Editor of the Nelson Examiner. IJlß —^ n addressing this letter to you,' k3 Ido it from a conviction that your valuable journal is more a medium through which the truth can be fearlessly expressed, than the trumpet by which any shopkeeper may grow rich by the dissemination of scandal upon others. In your last' paper, there appeared an advertisement by Mr. Saunders, conveying a serious charge against some of the bakers of this town ; and in order to excite a little more attention than the name of Mr. Saunders would be likely to do, he very ingeniously headed bis advertisement with the startling, tempting words " weigh your bread." Being a baker myself, and having been encouraged by that public whose jealousies this gentleman was so anxious to rouse. I naturally felt indignant that any one should suspect me of that, which no one can charge me with, I said to myself, "Is this a tradesman-like action— to convey through the press an imputation of swindling against the trade when that charge is unsupported by a proof?" Supposing some sell light bread, is it right to subject all to the ever \yatchful suspicions of the public? -Mr. Saunders may say that he did not intend his remarks to apply to me : but how was the public to know that ? There may be others as guiltless as myself: why are they to be injured in this gentleman's anxiety to guard the public from imposition ? We had better allow one villain to float down tbe stream undisturbed, if, in attempting to run him down, we must sacrifice half a dozen of as industrious, sober, and honest men as Mr.'Saunders. Why did he not name the person who was selling light bread? What is the use of crying "stop thief" when the only means of his detection is concealed by Mr. Saunders himvelf? What end will such conduct serve? It will not lead to the apprehension of the guilty party, for the public are left in the darU. as to the matter. If Mr. Saunders had been as ready to name those he assails, as be was to " see his name in print," the public would have owed him a debt of gratitude. One thinar this conduct may do — if the people of Nelson possess neither common sense nor due discrimination, it may convert them into dupes to fill tbe pockets of that gentleman with tbe ill-earned wages of an unprincipled warfare. I ask, who is the guilty party ? That it is not myself has been fully proved since, for in the presence of Mr. Saunders' s own man, with four respectable witnesses to corroborate what I say, we weighed in my shop a loaf of Mr. Saunders's with a loaf of mine, and every one present declared that mine was two ounces heavier than his ' I will not be satisfied with a mere denial that lam" the man." Who £j the man ? A mere negation may serve the purposes of trade, but I will not embark with Mr. Saunders in this sweeping crusade against a lot of poor men who will still be haunted by public suspicion. Let us act fairly, openly and honestly. We had better be content with what little we have honourably earned, than strive to grow rich upon the ruin of others. Your obedient servant, Robert Ross. W^MitP of the whole of the SUBURBAN -OLr DISTRICTS of the Settlement of Nekon, on a scale of one inch to the mile, may be hud of J. W. Barnicoat, Surveyor, Bridge street, Nelson. Price £2. Calmer and lad, bricklayers, JL PLASTERERS, and SHINGLE RS, Nile Street East, I near Trafalgar Square, beg to inform the inhabitants of Nelson that they are willing to contract for any work in either of the above branches, which they will undertake to perform in a manner that shall give entire satisfaction. P. & L. will in r few days be ready to deliver unstacked LIME, burnt in the South Suburban district, on very reasonable terms. ./i TRIGGS, WHEELWRIGHT, begs AJT» to return his sincere thanks to the gentry and public in general for the kind support he has received, and to inform them that be has now on his premises a large stock of well seasoned timber fit for use, which, combined with a great reduction of prices, he hopes will ensure him a continuance of their patronage. Trafalgar Street, Nelson. X> RICKS delivered at £2 10s. per thousJD and. Apply to W. Figgis, Brickfield, Hardy Street. NEW TESTAMENTS in the Native 'Language have been just received from London, and may be had at the office of this paper. HYMN BOOK in the Native Language also on sale. Nelson, Jan. 20. PRINTED FORMS of the following .descriptions are always on sale at the office of this paper: — Blank forms for auctioneers Forms of entry for passing the Customs Seamen's articles of agreement Seamen* advance notes Bills of exchange. D. MACFARLANE, Licensed AUC- «/ • TIONEER and LAND AGENT. Nelson Ha' en, August 36. JJi B. TITCHENER, AGENT for the X • SALE and LETTING of LAND. Trafalgar Square, Sept, 1.