THE SIGNED ARTICLE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1106, 7 June 1913, Page 4

THE SIGNED ARTICLE.

The signed article is undergoing strange developments in the course ot the Federal election contest. A ten-line paragiaph commenting upon a remark made by Mr Wade is published in the Sydney Bulletin with this explanatory inscription, ostensibly intended to satisfy the requirements of the Federal law :—“Written off his own bat, so to speak, and in green ink, by John Barr, the Bulletin office, Sydney—all except the last word or two, the writer being called away to consult with the financial editor. Finished in red ink by Ernest O’Farrall (same address), because W. H. East, chief of the composing department, wanted copy, and was growing excited. Passed without alteration by John Bede Dailey, (same old address), and sent upstairs to pacify W. H. East aforesaid, by the hands of Edward Dickerson, military cadet, the lift being out ot order.” Another Sydney newspaper has clipped the paragraph from the Bulletin, and published it with an additional endorsement:— “Extracted from the Bulletin by Charles E. Taylor, 32 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, with scissors borrowed from the desk of Adam McCay, 32 Castlereagh Street, Sydney. N.B. — The scissors belonged to Montague Grover, 32 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, who is alleged to have stolen them from G. M’L. Redmond, 32 Castlereagh Street.” The responsibility of publication seems to have been distributed fairly wide.