A LONE I DID IT.
[to the editor.] Sir,— Kindly granf me space, in your journal tc cohtradic^a f 'gfburidiess rumor which" has " beeri~circulated th"f6ugh~thls" /county by some unprincipled emissnry— namely, that I was acting under and by Jhe instructfoja' pfiMrnPetrie infgetting^p f 'a petition-id His' Excelie'noy the Governor praying, SDecial.r,auditor toraudit-the accounts of the : 'county, with' a view* of damaging the position -of Tour present member his. politica^career,. - , r . v -; . Tb /{ this ''charge' I give^'my unqualified contrad.ic| ; .on, and'sayrthatiMr Petrie:'hr.s not conspired with me for the purpose of injuring any personr'The petition was got up'e.ntlfolyby/rayselfj -and :it' has been numerously ..signed by,,^the ; ratepayers, some of whbih immediately made up the amount required to ; pay the expense of getting signatures to it. In fact I have returned A sums ' 'which we're "riot required. — lam, &c, , -.;: Tobias' Gee.nnon.^ December 4, 1885. ;
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 5361, 4 December 1885, Page 4
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140A LONE I DID IT. Grey River Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 5361, 4 December 1885, Page 4
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