THE EDEN CONTEST.
Sir, Mr. Speight is trying to oust one of Auckland's best known public men from a position which he has occupied almost time out of mind. I sincerely hope he (Mr. Speight) will not be successful in bis attempt, as honest John Bollard has committed no sin worthy of expulsion from his Edon, nor is there a seat available for him "up higher" should such a calamity overtake him. 11 Thank God," says Mr. Speight, "I can now come before you unmuzzled." Who muzzled him, and with what was he muzzled? It seems to me that a. great many of us would conscnt to a muzzle of the same 'kind. £500 per annum, with a comfortable retiring allowance, is nothing to be ashamed of, certainly, but it looks a bit like blasphemy to invoke the Supreme in the way indicated, when all the time the muzzle was self-imposed, and relinquished only after enjoying it as long as possible, for were it not Tor the age limit I asssume that Mr. Speight, would still be graciously pleased to be muzzled as heretofore. "N. West.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14809, 12 October 1911, Page 4
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186THE EDEN CONTEST. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14809, 12 October 1911, Page 4
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