"REQUESTS AND OVERTURES."

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1272, 30 October 1911, Page 4

"REQUESTS AND OVERTURES."

V MR. FLETCiTEII KKPLIKS TO MR. MASSEY. Mr. Fletcher lias replied to Mr. Massoy, who, it will lie recollected, wrote to (ho Lilieral candidate ior Wellington Central on Friday la-.' as follows Mr. Massey's ].otter. Kir,—My attention has been directed to a st-atement In;il■ 1 bv you in tho cour.-o of political nddre-ses ilclivorc-il in the Concert Hail and repeated at Aro Street, Wellington. The statement is as follows:— -Mr. Ti. Fletcher, Liberal candidate for tho Central seat, declared that: he had been invited to statu! hy tho Upinsitiou, Hip Government, and tlic Labour party." Will yon be good enough to publish in the public press, or furnish me with any authoritative communication upon the subject which you have received from the Opposition party? 1 am publishing this letter in tho paper?, whero I hope to seo your reply. Vours faithfully, (Signed) W. F. M'ASSEY, Leader of Opposition. And Mr. Fletcher's. Tliis is Mr. Fletcher's reply:— "10 Panama Street, "Wellington. "October 28, 1511. "W. F. Mafsey, Esq., "City. "Dear .Sir,— "1 have to acknowledge tho receipt of your communication, which reached mo at 10 a.m. to-day. "The first intimation I had of j-onr letter was gleaned from the columns of Tin: Dominion of this morning's issue—a copy of which you no doubt had furnished. "In reply I have to fay that many re(jnests and overtures of a verbal character had been made to me, from time to time, during the last threo years by members of the Opposition, and particularly by tho Party Organiser, Mr. 1!. F. Jlartin, although no documentary evidenco can bo produced. "In regard to tho statement ro (ho Labour party, I have been misrepresented, ride 'Evening Post,' October 27. "1 am, "Yours faithfully, "(Signed) It. FLETCHER."