Personal.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —It is generally conceded amongst men that when a statement is made which is untruthful and meets with a distinct denial that if the person making the charge is a gentleman it will be accepted. Your readers can judge from the reply of “ Ratepayer” his claim to the usual courtesy. If your correspondent is the person I fancy he is, to enter into a newspaper correspondence with him would be productive of about as much good as the dog'barking at the moon. —I am, &c., Wm. J. McKeown. Ist Jan. [But one inference can be drawn from Mr McKeown’s last sentence, namely, that “ Ratepayer” is a pressman and therefore, like a woman, is likely to have the last word. We are aware that there is a belief among a section of the Borough Council that letters animadverting on their doings are written in the office of this paper. Will Mr McKeown and those who think with him accept our “ distinct denial ” of the truth of that assumption.—Ed.]
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Southland Times, Issue 13643, 4 January 1897, Page 3
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172Personal. Southland Times, Issue 13643, 4 January 1897, Page 3
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