UNKNOWN.
(To the Ed dor.)
Pib, — Tn a rabid arricle iv the " D.ii'.y Tunes " of the 29th iust.inr,, on the i.ml T'n>' >!u Lions or the Government, and in defence of the beneficial working of tlic Hundreds Regulation Acts, occius the foil »wing : —
Veiy Modular indeort is it, and veiy suj;;.'".tive. thai not oleo le of the ral>:il o;>[)oi)eiil3 oi th : 's Act hits \eu Lured to draw an ii'^ument n^vinst ifc from the short experience we have had of its working. Et sic. Almost side by side with this tJegnut extract, is the following local : —
I'ioin the number of veiy luunerinis'v *>i; i >eil petitions which wete picent-il lolhoTrovi tcinl Council ye-jie <l:>y, it wouM seem Ihrtt lliooi>i>oneors of the Hu firings Rf>£iil»lu>n AcH me determined to muke strenuous effoitsto o!>t.un their repeil. Pel it ton <• were presentfrl fiom settlers at Naseby, St. JJ.ithuns, Sei|>eutiue, tiyde, Kycbuvn, \Vnikounili, and Cluth.i. The above extracts speak for. themselves, and from their want of homogeneity, well illustrate the saying of Dr. Johnson iv regard to corporations generally, and I would add, '• limited" newspaper companies in particular :—": — " That they have neithor souls to be saved nor bodies to be kicked." — I am, &c, Consistency. Roxburgh, 12th June.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 176, 22 June 1871, Page 6
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204UNKNOWN. Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 176, 22 June 1871, Page 6
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