THE PREMIER'S RECEPTION AT OHAKUNE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 650, 29 October 1909, Page 3

THE PREMIER'S RECEPTION AT OHAKUNE.

I n, S l r '7 Tow . "J. 8." is evidently tflat type of man who likes, to get behind a | hedge to hurl missiles" at 1 an opponent, and is consequently beneath contempt. • In a former issue of your journal he deliberately stated that the sawmill did not suspend operations to permit the men employed—to the number of between 50 and GO—attending the reception, and that not inoro than eight bona fide residents of Ohakuno took part in the welcome to the Premion Now, he has enlarged the number to 30, and ,is discreetly silent about .the crowd that assembled at the station. lam strongly of opinion that "J. 8." is a man with a i grievance—possibly, a ; disappointed "axegrinder," and is prepared to descend to any mean device to belittle the Premier. Until' such time as "J. 8." is prepared to'act the man, to meet me on equal teams,' I must decline to waste further time on him.-, I can undertake to name at least 70, •persons who reside within two miles of the Ohakune Railway Station, who took part •in the welcome extended to the Premier. It is a matter of no importance whether those persons journeyed in Jupp's coach or not—they were there. As ''J. 8." stands convicted as a disseminator of misstatements out of his mouth, I value my time too much to waste it hawking a "document for signature in further support of my incontrovertible evidence.—l am, etc., JOSEPH IVESS, Chairman Reception.Committee.