MASTERTON AND NO-LICENSE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1303, 5 December 1911, Page 6

MASTERTON AND NO-LICENSE.

TIT AT INVESTIGATION. (By Tolojrruph--Preas Association.) Palmcrston N., December 2. Mr. 11. M'.Manawav, of Hotel, whoso challenge of .1*25 to tho llev. Mr. Hammond that he could not prove (ho authors of tho Masterton photographs to jjd "damnable liars," pul> lushes in the "Alanawatu Times" a stat<> ment that ho v/a-s not in any way cousulled its^ to the appointment of Mr. Trcwin, a solicitor, <ns one of tho arbitrators in the matter, and specifically rol used lo consent to his anpointmont. Air. MJlanawav states that Mr. Trcwin and Mr. M'Jntyre, the other commissioner, are strong No-License advocates, but no nun sol! had been willing to nominate tho Jtev. 0. Jiudd; also a Xo-Lieouse man, to hun. As ho had rejected Mr. Jrewin, lie rchises to accept; the result oi lus mqum-, and publishes in the .M ana watu rimes" correspondence from .Mr. uijlon, photographer, Marton, givingdetails of the photographs questioned and when they had beim taken, also froia « ii i merchant, testifying to all littles shown being collected under No-Licensc, and stating that many | thousands of dozens of others are also collected there by tho bottle merchants. Ik' also quotes that the statements mid pictures were correct. He has protested to the manager of the J'rcss Association against tile message sent, from Feilding; stating that Mr. Hammond liatl won. The following written statement has I>con made to llr. M'Manaway by Mr. Trcwin

"ill'. M'Manaway has asked me to state his position with reference to '.ho payment of «£25 in the challenge he recently issued to Mr. Hammond. If, as Mr. M'Manaway informs mo, the challenge was that it Mr. Hammond lould prove that tho matters forwarded (i, the 'Evening Post' wero incorrect, then Mr. M'Manaway would give Jj'ii to the hospital. The report is, in my opinion, inconclusive upon the point. The repoit simply decides specific, points submitted, and is silent as to the disposal of the .£2O. If the challenge is as stated bv Mr, M 'Mfuiawuy, then, upon the finding 111 the rejiort, in my opinion, ho is not under obligation to pav the money. (Signed) Jiliuci Trcwin, Feilding, December 2." PROCEEDINGS THREATENED. (By Telceraph-PrcHS Association.! Feilding, December 4. Mr. Trcwin, one of the adjudicators on tho Masterton pictorial advertisement regarding No-Licence, to-day received the following telegram Grevmouth, 4th December, Trewin, barrister. The Feilding "trade" publish that you were paid for your report. Is everything in (lie report incontrovertible?— Scrivener. Mr. Trcwin sent ihe following reply:— "The statement made by the "trade" was paid for the report is a villainous lie. The report is absolutely incontrovertible. Obtain the names of those responsible for the report that I may take proceedings." A FURTHER MESSAGE. (Br Telcrrapb-Prosß AteoclMinn.l Feilding, December 4. , With reference to the telegram _ about the arbitrators' investigation ami the Rev. Mv. Hammond's statement that some of tho pictures and statements published in the Wellington "Post" on November 2 were false, exception i* taken to the word? "therefore Mr. Hammond wins," 011 the ground "that Mr. M'Manaway, tho challenger, did no! appicve of the appointment of Mr. Trowin as one of tho arbitrators. So far as tho payment of .£•25 is concerned, that matter is outside tho meaning of the telegram, which was that Mr. Hammond was found Vo be correct in all his statements by the two who investigated.