Mr A. H. Burton, the well-known photo grapher, will ho a candidate for the city at the general ejection.
MEN AND WOMEN, AND MATTERS ALL AROUND.
Sir Walter Bailor, I am assured on reliable authority, writes his own reports for the press of the little virtuous speeches he mates at the Horowhenua investiga tion.
This Is real handy. Sir Walter ought to deliver a lecture on “ Every Man His Own Reporter; Its Benefits, Beauties and Blessings!” By this system every man Jack among us could so stonewall his repu tation that he could wink his ©ye at the whole world.
The Wairarapa, is cursed with the greatest journalistic Pecksniff of the times. This individual solemnly informs his readers that “ there are carrion pressmen in the journalistic ranks concerning whom we can only be silent aud ashamed for the noble profession which they degrade, but there are also in the profession men who do it honour/’ Aud forthwith —good modest soul—he quotes a letter he has received from “ the editor of an important paper who belauds the gratified Mastertouian as “a righteous journalist.” Good old. Peck sniff, thy race is not yet extinct.
