STRIKING HIMSELF.
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—For Borne timo past Mr Hogg has had standing in his paper a.paragraph Btated to be taken from the Evening Post, and to have been written in connection with the present election, which reads as follows" Mr Beetham is a nice young man for a small tea paity," Mr Hogst would do well if he wore to give the date on which this originally appeared, for, so far as 1 know, nothing of the sort lias appeared in the Post for years past, and therefore not at all as. bearing on tho Masterton election. More than that, the questions have been very deliberately contorted; As Mr Hogg and his papor are always brilliant in prevarication, I am, of coureo, not at all surprised. But supposing Mr Hogg is right, He admires tho Post's ostimato of his opponent. What does lie say to the comparison between himself and Mr Beetham which that journal has drawn., We find by it that Mr Beetham. is infinitely superior to Mr Hogg, and t are therefore entitled to ask, " If Mr Beetham. is only fit for a small tea party, what is Mr Hogg fit for •!" I put tho question to a farmer this morning, and his instant reply was, " To root in a small potato patch." I am, eto., lonoids.
Letters of naturalisation havo beeii' granted to Matliew Johnston and Peter Johnston, farmers, of Ekctahuua,
Yesterday's Gazotte contains the resignation of tho Hon. 6, M. Waterhouse, as the Speakor of tho Legislative Council and the appointment of Sir William FitzHerbert, K.C.M.G.
In the Supremo Court Wellington yesterday, beforo Hiß Honor Mr Justice Richmond, tho appeal case Murray Roberts & Co. v. Official Assignee was heard. It will bo remembered that at the April sitting of the District Court at Masterton, Jud«o Davy ruled a doed of mortgage executed by H. MeMaster bankrupt, to Murray Roberts and Co., to bo void as apainst the Assignee. Against this decision they appealed, and His Honor upheld the appeal, and granted coats £lolos,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2708, 23 September 1887, Page 3
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339STRIKING HIMSELF. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2708, 23 September 1887, Page 3
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