GADSTONE AND DERBY.
The fqllowing'sjngular lettq|-at)j)e.ars jn a recent Canjperdown striko alHhoughtiul cqlpmljts as; truly unfortunate thft the' BritißJj'natigi} sljpulf) Ipe 'at t|e;h"fiad of maintaining Its dignity and <:qn§gli(Jatinj ita : dependonoies. Gladstone "acfej ap:*J_. parently,. on the old, absurd,- f* doctrine of acknowledging a slap : cQhe cheek by holding up the other. Derby, on the other 'hand, is always in a muddle, and when -1 -was • lately in- -Scotland it pu?z]es't][e Btjtish the'canny '| man could' not -be- treated 'with ■ sijyej; spoons'aji pinner rartjqs, without a servant to waljch'that he 'did' not pocket -them,' should be trusted with tho destinies of tho Empire. Pooplemay laugh at this statement, but it is true notwithstanding, and may account for tho vagaries *of tho nobjq old,'! ■■ ■■• ;
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1915, 14 February 1885, Page 2
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122GADSTONE AND DERBY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1915, 14 February 1885, Page 2
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