, A military Tory candidate was addressing a meeting of voters in a rural village at a by-election which took place towards the end of 1.592. The candidate was known to be strongly in favour of Hogging in the army, and this was being used against him with damaging effect. Defending himself, the orator ux'ged that no necessary disgrace attached to being flogged. " Why," evied he, " I was flogged myself once, and it was for telling the truth." " And it cured 'cc, naw doubt/ said a rustic in the meeting.'
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6065, 31 December 1897, Page 3
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