THE MASTERTON MURDER.
TO THE EDITOB. Sib— With reference to the Masterton tragedy, I would like to point out a moral to be learned from the occurrence. Somerville's remark when he gave himself up to the police, that " he hod worked for Herbert for two years without money," explains the whole sad event in one sentence. If a few more such events were to happen, it would be of inestimable value to the whole oommunity, for I oan speak from praotical experience when I say that tbe praotioe of men of straw taking contracts at prioes that cai-not pay from the outset, has been the cause of untold misery to scores and hundreds of hard-working men all over the colony for years past, and whatever the cause that leads to the extinction of the praotice, it should be welcomed by all who have the welfare of our working men at heart Of course, I only assume that Cornerville's remark is true, but the application is most true, I am sorry to Bay. I am, &0., 7th June. Bushman.
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Evening Post, Volume XLIX, Issue 134, 8 June 1895, Page 4
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