A REPORTER'S CAUTION.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 5973, 28 August 1912, Page 1

A REPORTER'S CAUTION.

Said thi' editor to the in-w reporter " Vou -must lcftin never to stall 1 u fact until it has been proved a (not. Vou arc apt to got us into li|)el suits. Do not suy " The Cashier stole Hie funds," suv, " The dwhiov who i.« alli'frcil t 0 lii«ve stole,, the fund*." Thill's „|l Oh. L .ct some-tli'n-jf about the l-ir-t Wiiiil social niuhl And this is the report turned in In i young man. who herded the oditor's warning :- " It U rumoured that a card parte »:ia given lust, cveninir to u munlier of ropulj.fl ladies of the Firm Ward. Mrs Smith, gossip says, was ||„, | H)S . toss, and the festivities are reported to have continued ur.til ll.ltti i„ i|„. evening. The ailoged hostess is |„.|ieved to be the wife „f John Smith, the so-called ' high-priced grocer.' "