The other clay a sensation was created in the House of Representatives by the Hon John Hall laying on the table copies of the telegrams which the late Government had sent and received during the late election The messages were of a private character, but having been transmitted without payment they virtually became public property, and to the horror and indignation of Sir George Grey, Mr Sheehau, and Mr Macandrew, were brought to light. No doubt the Premier was perfectly justified in producing these telegrams by the regulations of the Telegraph Department, but after all it was rather a mean small thing to do. The late Government is defeated—helplessly vanquished ! Why should the members of it be hit when down 1 The Colony is tired of seeing dirty Cabinet linen washed in public, and the time has arrived when there should be a truce to recriminations in odorously high places.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 317, 17 November 1879, Page 2
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