MS SNELSON AND MR HULKE'S CHARGES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 90, 6 July 1880, Page 2

MS SNELSON AND MR HULKE'S CHARGES.

TO THK E3ITOB,or Tl l2 MVN'AW.— 'U HSUALJ' Sib, — 1 dosiro to draw tho atteutiou of th<settlers around Foxton. to the highly complimentary opinion 1 held of thorn. by Mr Siielson, who a short time ago desired to be their member in _c Hoaso of Representativea, as shown by iho report of his remarks and spe-ch ' at the last- meeting of the Wanganui Education Board Mr Snel son in moving the motion ■' That the charg- s brought by Mr Hulke against Mr F-iuliß hal not been pr-ov-n, and that tho Ho nrd sympathised' with MrFouHsin this enquiry," is ropoited to havo said that hi- " tii i -light the charges made a^iins t Mr i'ouli*j were frivolous in^the, He r^grottod liaving toma?— thVromartc, ljut to htui the demeanour of the' witnesses' pro-, duced" showed that thoy had been ttitoKiiV b'>foro!iaud." I take leave to challenge thi-i :i9;ertim of Mr Snelson's, and desire to characterise it as a gratuitous insult to three young girls who, Mr Shelson is pro'oabl - «ware, are not capable of 'eplying to him From my knowledge of v the. witnesses alluded to, I believo them to be perfectly honest and straif-htforwa'-d. Mr,. Snelsou \h:— further shown howhara it istooonvino. him ugainst his will in that he allowed him svlf to say that '*Mr Hiilko failed to prove '.hat ttu j sl'ires'had not been tampered with Rafter the marking" yet Mr Hulke handed ir affidavits fiom hiras-f, .that they had not been touched since the examination, and those from Messrs M'Cullocb and RockstroWy that the . slates were • marked iiU<fi-3ctly, ' "ToR he' * J pr*fttrea 1 to believe a statement made by th* Inspector, that most probably the boys had tampered with them. His choosing to disparage the written statement made by a number of the parents of children attending the sqhool j •ys being merely, hearsay- ; cvi • dence,' points to his "belief in — ther the children or the parents bein g . unable, to adhere to the truth.' '.".'" • • s ••* - He is further prepared to accept ns a fact, a statement made in a ■ private letter from Miss M'Phee to the Inspeotor, whioh is , contradictory of an affidavit uy_ .e by her and produced, and in direct contradiction to a statement made by her tp !tf r Stewart and - myself. ' Ido not think that it would bo possible for any man to make a more dear declaration ' ation of his bolief in the "g— leral meanness : aad untruthfulness of a body of settlers, than haß been made by Mr George Matthew Suelson. and I trust : the settlers tfill Mt the matter yet be further heard of. . I wonder whether it would be possible to discover why Mr Snelsoh holds such opin. ions now as he is reported to hold. ' I am, &c„ Ernest S. Thynshb. Foxton, July 3rd, 1880.