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Iu ,the course of. an otherwise excelleint ejpeeoh at the declaration of the poll in. Masfci-iton ■ lae,t evening, the Mayor trtatted, raferentially, that it was the dutty cf a newspaper to follow instead c.f to direct public opiuf:c». This' ift precisely where we join issue with the' Mayor. There was once a politician who said that ho was "to.no paritioular party wedded; lie ..found out. what the people wanted, « v mid then went in bajd'-headed," Tl^t :& the policy cf a great maily police* ians and. public mem tonlay. But it is not a policy which is based ou sound principlcfe. ' It is the duty, of a neAVfpapd''', as of a good politician , ha mould. public opinion, and to expose the shams anid qua'cks who ! trade on the credulity of the- people. The columns of a newspaper are aim-ays! open, the •speeches of public men arc fully ~rei ported, and the editorial columns are I so controlled as to leave no doubt kg to. the meaning of'terms and sentiI men.ts expressed. '
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10618, 25 April 1912, Page 4
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172NEWSPAPER FUNCTIONS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10618, 25 April 1912, Page 4
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