BOUGHT HONOURS.
-■•- The Purchase of Knighthood- ■■'■ • •• . .'.'•' •.: ■■_ *■• ii\!'i •: 'V ■ ') -"■ . Archibald Forbes, m. a contributed ipaper to a<Home magazine, on the . social characteristics of Australia, makes the following statement : — A knightj hood tar thri R.C.JVLGr. is, however, within reach. The latter is the reward of HKe wlio held "office safficientlyHong io-hture -maturedHby' "cdqrtesy intp^ For the) knighthood tndre lis an understood tariff. Jt comes as the result of a gift '61 £20,000— a larger stun will make thej thing a greater certainty — for the l»e---'Hopf. of aome /taeyitorious { pfubdic'o^ct. The sp,re^t uiark fqpsuch a donation is, (lie Colonial 'University; a shot ofi equal charge at a working man's college bi a picture gallery has been known to miss i.fire. >: BUt it is worthy btfaote^*ha't ! those much-coveted distinctions <. carry w,fth them little intrinsic weight. Hr Thls'and Eady That may hi in)society, bittnofc because of the handle" to : . their! names ; if they are not witbih the; 1 pile oh their merits no title will bpeteithe wicket^ any more than monoy-Willio '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 305, 27 November 1883, Page 2
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166BOUGHT HONOURS. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 305, 27 November 1883, Page 2
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