A PROFESSIONAL BLOWER.
\ ■ \ TO THE EDITOB. .^-Siß,: —^The people of this town were con•ide»%bly^anijusod.at, the- manner m which you took ,the blow? ou^- of a certain papar man, and the-cohWrnptiblewily m which He out of the challenge. The impudonee of the man was shq.nru ■■. by hifT judacious statement that he^Kad t^xe largest ciriCHlatiod of any paper m the Manchester -Js9$ # ; J y» "jSij,v?lfiavlng.-ybi[r paper efa"€irely put of th"c question, the local paper 'hasten times the circulation, and the writer knew that full well;) when :he penned the falsehood. He makes great;, parade about haying one of his own staff to "deliver ' the paper here, but the reason is that the runners could sell so few copies that they oould not make salt for' tlieir porridge, and not even boys could be found to lose their evenings for about three, half pence, which is their commission on sit copies. If any one wants to know where the bundles went to. which arrived, they have only to .'look on the floor under the .agents,' counters, — 'rany&c., ■■->-■■ --"-— - . Manohbsteb.. ; ,:F«ilding, Jan. 18, h '' \ / ;.. \ : \ ' _
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Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 109, 19 January 1881, Page 3
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179A PROFESSIONAL BLOWER. Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 109, 19 January 1881, Page 3
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