OFFICIAL TRIPS. TO THE EDITOR.
Sir—l would like to know who is goiag •' to pay the piper. '* We learn that the City ©f Melbourne steamer left Auckland with thefollowing distinguished passengers:—Mr TFogel and his reporter, Mr E. Now it does, seem monsttous the country should be pofe to the expense of attaching an aide-de-camp to Mr Vogel's tail, so that he can be laudea from his way of thinking. Surely the Press is larae ; enough in America and England, antt also fair enough to give an impartial statement of this great New Zealand ambassador. I pause and. ask, Will the people of New Zealand stand this reckless extravagance from the coffers of the Colonial Treasury r I say it is time we rise to a man, and declare such a state of—l would call it—thorough, demoralisation in our Colonial Government should be put a stop to. Allow this state of affairs to go on a few years longer, and we are bound to have a national insolvency. ■I-anv&o., Vkbitas*.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 2798, 25 January 1871, Page 2
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