CORRESPONDENCE.
' . (To tp Editor.) ' SiihtAs a mender pf the Smajl Farm Association will you allow me tp cpmmenji upon the action of Mr R. S. Hawkins concerning the proposed entertainment of the Hon Mr Ballance. I think it a piece of the grossest cheek for Mr Hawkins to intrude himself into a matter of this sort that most concerns other people. His action must be attribute.*! to either one of two motives—that it is his natuce t,q snjij) and sit upon plainer folks tljan lfinjself qr that he must and will have notoriety at any cost, Possibly it was a mixture of the two judging by the way he has acted in other cases—intimidated the onlymanwho dare.4 tp oppose him in his Settlers Association—and the flj.splay in Masterton shop windows, of himself, and l(ls ipn servants, and his horse, and his goods, and his sheds, and all that are his. The ban: quet to Mr Ballance should have been taken in hand by the County Chairman, Mayor, and Small Farm Association but instead of that the whole affair is to be spoiled by Mr Hawkins. The idea of insulting a whole community, as if there was no one else able to take fclie matter up, possibly the small fry may be permitted to beer up at one end of the banqueting hall and gaze upon the guest and this new edition of Tollemache-Tollemache, champagning at the other. I am, &c., Disgusted,
To the Editor. Sir,—lt would be a piece of presumption on my part to offer advic.e-tp the' editor of a newspaper,..but. I think youmight with advantage take a lesson from your -contemporary,; especially on the subject' that js-at present agitating the public mind, viz, Hawkins v Park. First ascertain which side tho noisy majority are in fayor flfj then give out their views as your own, and being toothsome to tljem they will be swallowed as original and yoji .will get all, the glory and rise in popularity with the unthinking crowd. Never look at a question from a right or wrong side but follow the big drum. I beg to remain, sir,
Sensational,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1884, 10 January 1885, Page 2
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355CORRESPONDENCE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1884, 10 January 1885, Page 2
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