A LAME EXCUSE.
Since my last epistle I ha^e read 1 the report of the application to the Licensing Bench, with regard to the Awaburi Hottl; and T could not hut admire the man* nerjn which the Commissioners, wrigsfjed out of their difficulty. To speak m the expressive language of my country. '-It was just trying to blindfold the divil m the dark.' 1 Can the Commissioners, deny, that Colonel Gorton from Bulls, and Mr M'Donald, from Awahuri, supported the previous application, Well, a had excuse may be better than, none, andl trust that they will be able to gull themselves into the belief that they have acted consistently, for I will bet my bottom, dollar that not half a.dozen persons think- so,
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Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 188, 24 December 1881, Page 2
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123A LAME EXCUSE. Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 188, 24 December 1881, Page 2
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