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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 58, 1 May 1878, Page 2

It is-rioi usual for eVen gratuitous 'corresijiQndiSnts to, go • ajjput theit iopntityl" hut as the gentleman wlid 'siippUei's tHe.l " Wanganttf IF^eiffld; " with His second-hand information. has made no; secret of his personality, We need nave ho hesitation or, dejioacy m alluding: to him/ ,£s % hpwevei?, everyone ;in town; has fee Ten informed by him ' that he.has the command of the odrrespouderita' oolumn of the " Herald," jt is joifl^- fair the/ readers', of tliat paper at a. distance v hem! here 1 Should 1 g&t; £ peep bjßliUid'tMe^aQene'^^h'eh^lp^^ibly.'.th^X. may be able to yaltie his utteranqea at ', they proper- worth. WKen it ii lenown that the acrihe dates his epistles from i tfre Bftltaerston'; Schp:ol v } perhapis ? the Wanganui public viriU be able to guess why allusion is -being continually made to that institution ; that one m 8-74 of the population attend the 'establish- ; menti and^ why repeated references iare,/ being made to the hundreds of hap fiy scholars who are blessed with such aprige of a inaator. Knowing the above, we^say, they would take the gldtmig' accounts, of the progress 'of the' 8bhoolcM»» grano «aK*, >but they would stiltheM -a^ loss to ': know why the rooted hostility to the' ! Ti^s. y?e promiaeid; to^ enlighten' them, and" we will, Before the" new editor of the Tiaißjs-^Who, according to Mr. Collins, is such a terror — ever thought of being located m" the North Island, Ma Oollina made , anplicatioii for employ ntens oii the stafP/anq. o|ring^ to the moat persistent entreaties, merging almost into persecution^ the pro-' praetqir of this jpurnal, employed him to c ta^ei some repopts, . T^hen they were handed m, so f Tpoßnj corrections .were foun^necessaryias to make them utterly' ; useless-^in f aqti, more a hindranoe : ; a benefit. ; Xfnder. . the oircunisiancpsj then,, it- biecaine necessary tb; 'inform ]V[r Oollins that his brief connection with the Times was at an end. To. a gentlemau with the. " qpinion of himself^^ thatj^^Mr. Qbllihsholdsi 'this was an unpardonable offence, and* having since obtained permission to .shoot his rubbish into' the columns "■' of; jthe "HeraJld," h^ has. lost no. ppportunity of spitting forth his 'spleen and^ spite. -From" last Wednesday s issue we 'extract .tl^e f ollawing ;-=' 4 Since the advent of our new editor, I have noticed a great change m the paper, and several or our citizens have come- under' the lash of : offended dignity, but I. think thafeouf" community^has top much J of' the^; happy family element m it ta be set lay- the ears; pthoug-li I .believe such tactics are' indulged m more freely down south." "Vifell, weada\it.tha.t wpdidiaa^e s*om.e remarks about a geiitleniah^ wlio k.ee-ps a hotel, and as ]\|r. Oollina is a constant ■visitor: at the. esta.blishineht, it is r more than possible^thel two./ have been.jcom- ! paringvnatesi and havingf drawn "inspibration/' tljereftom, hence the ay-mpa-' ! thelie chord. Mr. Gollifiis can Jbl^vK his- • ! scholastic horn^in, fujturer— the I permitt ing—^witAOiiit interf erence from us,; and do long as he fefrainajfrom his. uMeriwid 1 snaps and snarls. - he, jwill escape the l^h.he fear* so. much, H[e hais opi\rted n.Oitori.ej;^ and, he must con- | fess" t^at^ we ; iiave^^ done our share to .spread a,brpadhia l self^glprificatipn., Mr. ' Collins isv an educated man, Mr. Collins •■, is a achplaiiv and^Mtv Collins has a^ fupbie- Mkissioh to^ j f^lfijl ift- tea,cUiri^ : tl^e ! youngj idea^pw? to shpot> so, c ia> con-.; ! oludingithese &ew observations,; we will ! remsnd him of adage, vfi sutor vitro, I orepjediam,.. We have kept aa,r promise- * W* Uave n,p,w done with, him, and we apologise to. owr readers for wasting so ! much valuable space upon such an in-, significant subject. We shall not revert to the man again withpu.t severe

, provocation, but should he again court it, he may rest assured the lash will cut more deeply. And now for his twin-brother of the " Ifew Zealand Times.' ' Ifc appears pur remarks must Have struck: home, ithe'L cap found „: to fit, and ;as~; a[ vfellow;-feeling-makes us Iqindy this ybuthfiil aspirant for edifcoriaWhonors rushed to the defence of his class. Matters must have changed considerably When" this rejected candidate-oan'afford to sheer at tlie journal of which, not long since, it was th\e very height of-his. ambition to be allowed the control: Now he seeks to be: )at Ipncfcrour censor and adviser. We must,,Jiowever, beg respectfully Jo'l decline his. "gratuitous" advice. When we need such a coMmodity we will be happy to accept it from those of more experience m the profession than ourselves : not -^certainly .froui reyeryj or {master whose unpaid-tor^ itwaddle finds a pli.ee in^ a papers \ •/ With this article we; leave.; the; jpreciouss vpftir^— arcades ambo—& legacy to tlieirvsiespective wh^ere, no i.are (estimated a|;tiie^|pripe J paid fpr themr-rnp]l^iing. .. ' ; \. ( "' (,!;,*■;..;•