WANTED KNOWN THAT THE PRESS APOLOGISES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 176, 17 September 1879, Page 2

WANTED KNOWN THAT THE PRESS APOLOGISES.

The following appeared in the Press : THE NATIVE MINISTER AND THE KAIAPOI ELECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESS. Sir, —The attention mf the Maoris residing at Kaiapoi maying been called to the following noticU: —‘P Wanted known that the Native Minister instigated the Maoris at the Kaiapoi and Geraldine elections to vote against the Opposition candidates,” which appeared in large print in your issue of Wednesday last, as also to an article in the leading column of the same paper bearing upon the subject ot the aforesaid notice, it was deemed expedient to call a meeting of the Maori electors to enquire into the circumstances of the case, the result of which meeting will be understood from the following resolution, which was proposed by Tare Rangatfra, seconded by Hone Paratene, and carried unanimously ; “ That the Maori electors of Kaiapoi, in meeting assembled, having heard, read, interpreted, and explained a notice and a. leading article in Wldpesday’s Press accusing the Native Minister of using his influence to induce us to vote against the Opposition candidate, do hereby give to the said notice and leader a decided contradiction. Neither directly or indirectly was the Native Minister’s name used at any one time during the election. Wo were not prejudiced by anyone against either candidate* but were allowed to vote as we pleased, and it is with sincere regret that we have heard these false “statements made against a gentleman who has always treated ns honestly and courteously.” Signed on behalf of the Kaiapoi Natives, Tare Wi Teihoka. • Maori Pah, Kaiapoi, Sept. 11. [We made the statement on what we believed to be the most reliable authority. We appear to have keen, misinformed, We therefore desire to Express our deep regret that we should have brought an unfounded charge against the Native Minister and the Kaiapoi Natives.—Ed. Press.]

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Lambton Kay,. Wellington, September 10.. People has been wondherin' what's become o' me nt all, at all, bekays I haven't i cam to Hie front during the ilictions. an" i gone round wid Sir George on bis stunipin'' J tower. Weil, avick machree, I've been ! so much taken up wid Moll}'that I couldn't.. i get away, so I couldn't. I've a grate aaycrit to tell ye, but ye musn't braitlie it to a livin' sowl, or I'll niver write a line* ; for ye agio. Whisker, an' mind ye keep it dark, I've becou% the happy father o' two darlint twins since I wrote ye last, an* , 'pon me conshinse ther's not a proudher 1 man in New Zaylind this day, so there's not. All the naybors does be sayin'' they're the very spit o' their daddy, an' begorra I think they're right, although I don't like the look o'one o'their noses. The Mitrkis lias sint, me a cablegram from Milbourne, congrathlatin' me, and Pat O'Eel has also sint his compliments. Bui revartin' to polyticks, bedad I'm plaised at the victhroys we'rjf", gainin' all over the counthry. Betchune you an' me, Sir George has to thank me for his successes, for sure it was I that rote his grand speeches, so i*' was. An' m w whin we're in the full flush o' triumph we can afford to be ginerous to our inimies ; an' 'pon my sowl I'm sinmroly sorry for that poor divil av a Fox that got nearly hunted to* death in Wanganui.; Wid all his little iday-o-sin-crazies, he's not sich a bad soart o' fellow af chef all. Many a night himself an' me slipp'd down from Bellamy's on the sly, an] popped up to Jack Magin nitty's on the Kay, just to have a small dhrop in the back parlor. Now mind this is onthray noo (Frinch), for if the Templars wor to. hear av it, begorra Sir William would hav&toberay-obligated,. .so he would. I was $o much annoyed bo the news o' his defait that I jist sthruck off the folio win' thriflg by way o' consolin* him : * OUI IS THE COULD. Och, Billy, rne honey, Begorra it's funny To see ye' me darlint, without any sait - f Ifc'a mighty perplexm', And railly it's vexin, To find sich an illiganfloratlior bait; In Parliament nightly, Ye spoke so politely, In beautiful language -yer sintenees roull'd ; Wc thought : yc a janus, A grate Dim-o-sthainus, But Billy, me darlint, yer out in the could. Faix, sure it's a pleasure To hear ye, me threasure, Addhres3in' the boys wid yer sootherin' voice, Aiteh mighty orashun', Sure, caused a sinsashun, Yer Billingsgate dicahun was always so choice Aitch sintince ye utther, Like soft-milted b utther, Or fcallow for candles rim in to a inowld, Falls sweet oh tho ear, sure, "Ti s lovely to hear, sure, * . But Billy, mo darlint, yer out in the coukf.^,^ 1 : Bad luck to the spoutin', 'Twas it, beyant doubtin*. That cooked ye, me honey, Sir George, and_ his stump, Disthroyed yer ilicshun, An' caused yer evieshun, And liftjye to weep be the side o' the pump. " G-rey, Sheehan, and Mac has, Wid Ballance an 'Baeahus, Come sthraight for yer bush, dear—at latst so I'm tould, " "Within a long " cooey ' Av on!■; i\ Ye couldn't da.-int, yer out in tho could.2 PADDST MUUI'HZ.