Nelson Evening Mail MONDAY, DECEMBER 15 A DENIAL TO SLANDERS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue XXXVI, 15 December 1902, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail MONDAY, DECEMBER 15 A DENIAL TO SLANDERS

I WE ivro informed that various rumoura were in circulation lit tow. on Saturday to the o fleet that members of our literary stall had beer dismissed. We desire to give tjiit an emphatic, denial, and to state tbat we have eveiy conlideiico in 0111 editorial stall. While v o cannot expect tbat in every fubject perfect unanimity uf foe 1 111:4 may be felt we are pleaded t<> know ilml the main body of our rc'idcnjurebruadiniiHlcd envugh to recognise hoiie-dy of j » 11 j - pjseandthe desire to clo what is right. Thic article is writf* 11 by the Proprietary themselves, and without the cognisance of the stall', and they ■vould take this opportunity of also denying the false accusations which have beeu freely circulated in the city lately concerning their employees. Uf course men accepting positions on I. c\v .-papers dealing with public ijueiitiona arc always open to luiHr-eptescutation, and it would be useless to attempt to vindicate them ou every charge made. Put we feel it due in connection with the receuc election oi the member for Parliament lor the city to state that it was arranged in this olliee .several months ago, that, recognising the, good woik done by Mr Graham,

and by the evident desire of the ' fovcrnni.iv.t. tQ cnd.eavour to make up in some way foi* tho neglect which Nelson has suli'eicd in the [iust, by helping forward as much as possible harbour impi'oy cment.*-*, it would be, to say the least, ungencf</u_ iV '->>' -^'J ( - 1 -'--^ k' iUi i^H

tbe position be occupied, especially as ho Lad only practically comnieuceu tLe nupurhuit work in which the majority vi' Uu resilient* of tbe city and district are specially inerested. We (md that advantage bas jcec. taken vi tbis course of action to .•hrow mud at the editor of tbis paper, and to make iho most serious allegation against a journalist tbat couid possibly lie made. Without apparently taking inlo eonsiecratior tho Kenousiitis ot the charge, it has been repeated u\er and over again i,y It **3|)UUbih.e en i/.e/is in iho city, .n d it the.R'loie b *?;uiit! neectjsary toi ' us to invest iga tv t H to fhe charge n ' i;i de, aud we m*e pleased lo ™J tlia*-' as we expected, it was grou 111 -**' less. While it has been painful to IIH to h ive toiistcn to stat<:ments of su ( '' 1 a nature, it has boon gratifying to know that the bulk of our reader-*, both in lown and countiy, aie more, than over satistied with the ISI A ll/*^ conduct, lind a*'C detcmiiued to resist in a \*e:*y pimiolinccd manner the calumnies uttered. Wo desire therefore to express our* appreciation of the'r kindness, and to inform hem Ihat lho Mau. will ever be •eady to do in the future as in the east anything in its power tbat may jo fur (he advancement of the disriot, und for (he h.^ppiiie.ss mid irospci ity of (he people generally.