(to the editoe op the sottthlakd tuees.J Sißj-^-Mr. D. L. Simpson, our Bailway Engineer, has rushed into print tb-SLear his immaculate character, of" endeavoring to intimidate the laborers' employed* on the. line to vote as he wished them, at the ensuing election. :"] ■."'■■"*[ , To try and cram the public mind with such a statement of contradiction; ■ as appeared-in this day's*-" News," shows the impudence and ignorance oflbhis official,—is it not a well-known fact-t^at he discharged a lot of men, viz., Wilry, Ilamsay, Oheyne, and. others—men, who ;were working on~the.line"for a~length of time —to make room for others of his own choice. An official guilty of such conduct! what would he notdo? .; t When the case was made known, to His Honor the T^uperintendent^" he directed the men to be :put uc tp' Work again, after they lost about'three weeks work by Mr p. K. Simpspnvs immaculate ch.Qice^-Yours, &c, —-— ■ - — --Anti-Snob?
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Southland Times, Issue 712, 21 August 1867, Page 3
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148Untitled Southland Times, Issue 712, 21 August 1867, Page 3
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