PUBLIC OPINION.
Contributions, Letters, Inquiries and Answers thereto, are invited on Farming. Commerce, Politics, and matters of interest to the Patea district. Names of writers need not be printed. MORE LIGHT. Not being a member of the Fire Brigade* can any duly qualified fireman tell me why they lit a torch on Saturday night to find the fire in Mr Barker’s chimney ? I was standing about, and the flame lit up the whole place ; but somebody was still rushing up to the roof with a lighted torch looking for a light. Shout-Sight. SIX-AND-EIGH TPENGE. Is is true that one of our leading counsel has received a retaining fee to shut his mouth in a case coming before the Court? Patea must be progressing when pleaders are paid to stop away, for fear their formidable forensic eloquence might defeat both law and justice. Perhaps you won’t charge me six-and-eightpence for answering this question. Calfskin. ♦
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Patea Mail, 26 July 1881, Page 3
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