ANOTHER EXPLANATION.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 98, 16 February 1892, Page 2

ANOTHER EXPLANATION.

I — — TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Sic— Your correspondent, "S. Andrew," , endeavours to set himself right, but he is still wrong nevertheless. My remarks on '" the inaccuracy of his report of the meeting had nothing to do wish the altered * phrase in the requisition referred to by a him. but to those parts of it which were 8 garbled with the obvious intention of mis« leading to suit the purposes of the Advor cate. As I don't want to rob < iS..An--8 drew "of his i-5, which he would be sure *' to lose, I will now give the words I speci- * ally referred to, viz. : "To the Honour- " able John Ballance, Premier of New Zea- '* land.— Honourable Sir." Instead of rea porting this correctly "S. Andrew "puts it thus: "To Mr John Ballance, tifo Hon. the Premier.— Sir." This one. Half stance of incorrectness is sufficient for >1 my contention, or I might point out a verbal misquotation in the body of the c requisition, which makes it read with i. somewhat redioulous tautology, while an a apparent lack of respectfulness is_ further I, attempted to be shown by the omission of 1 four words from the inscription of the document. "8. Andrew " gives no V cxc planation" of his omission of the name from the advertisement, and of giving undue and uncalled for prominence to another name in his reportj'Which I have % no hesitation in Baying were undoubtedly done for an express purpose. I am, &c., t Fair Play.