"It takes a good deal of muck to make ] a parson!". said a little boy who was j modelling as well as revelling in dirt to 1 an inquisitive bishop. We are evidently ' in New Zealand endeavoring to aseer- ' tain how much muck it takes to make j a Minister of the Crown, It will soon be a proud distinction for a respectable ( M.ff.R, to declare " I never was a f Minister of the Crown," Fancy Mr c J. W. Thompson of Clutha forming a E Ministry! In his way no doubt he is J a respectable man, but not composed of j that refined clay out of which Cabinets should he produced. Wo know Mr r Thomson in this district mainly as the ( man who once grossly slandered Mr 6. t Beetham. A scandal monger may 1 make a good Minister, but wo would ® rather have seen someone with a somewhat higher reputation entrusted with the task of forming a new Ministry. v
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1768, 22 August 1884, Page 2
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