To be " a day behind the Fur" in tho relation of news, is an awkward predicament for any journalist. But a worse predicament is that of being a day before the Fair. An Edinburgh journal, however, has got into the latter quandary. The Sight Hon. M. Baxter, M.P. for the borough of Dundee, intending to address his constituents on the ovening of the 30th ut, prepared the address ho w»s about to deliver, had'it put in type, and sent copies beforehand to the newspapers, By some mistake, 'the speech found its way on the morning of t e 30th into the paper.alluded to. The .odlityof the thing was enhanced by a paragraph following the speech, and which stateJ that it was warmly applauded in the course of its delivery, and that at the oloso a vote of confidence in Mr Baxter was proposed and jWrjei,
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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1839, 13 June 1874, Page 3
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