MR. W. C. BUCHANAN.
Iu a series of clover political portraits, by "Phiz"in the Christckrch jPiw, lli' W, C. Buchanan, is dealt with as follows: This gentleman, a "Social Pest" of a bad description—that is, in Mr Buchanan's case, a man who has done more for his country ,in one year than those who revile the thrifty, : energetic and successful, simply because they are successful, do in their whole mean livespursues the even tenor of his way, and continues to Bmile grimly superior to the slings and arrows of the mannikins who attack him. Oratory is not his' forte, and he makes no pretence about that either, or about anything else. Physically, I can detect no alteration in ljis appearance for many ye?vs, He is a tougji-looking man with a. tender Jioart, Tho only thinp; against his chaiaetev is that ho is tolerably well oS. That, however, as ho iB of the wrong colour, is a fatal blot,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4830, 20 September 1894, Page 2
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158MR. W. C. BUCHANAN. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4830, 20 September 1894, Page 2
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