WHO ARE THE PUBLIC.
* (To the Editor Isah«aht;a Tims*. Hir. — A paragraph appeared in the Jlera/d of ihe 17th inst. teverttng to the sitting of the R.M. Court on the 90ti» inst., re the Election Petitions, whetein> your versatile comtemporary tells at that " the public generally regard the proceeding with little favour." I woqll like toask who constituted the editor of theHerald the representative of pubiieopinioD ? I think his unwarranted aesurauce an insult to public intelligence. Had be said that the public regard with, disfavour the cause which- necessitated such proceedings, I could cordially agree with him. Or had be said that a certais> portion of the public, of whom he is tb» mouthpiece, are not favourable to sucb ppjcwedingi, I could understand him, as the portion he represents are very inconsiderable indeed, and as unwortnj as himself of any notice or consideration with respect to their favours or disfavour*. I am <fee, J. B.
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Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1511, 18 February 1885, Page 2
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155WHO ARE THE PUBLIC. Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1511, 18 February 1885, Page 2
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