"THAT FLAG."

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 295, 16 November 1883, Page 2

"THAT FLAG."

[TO- THE EDITOR OF_ THE STANDARD^ '" •^hi'ougk jthe mediuip , oP-ybnr journal Vlike tbbLs^_biatte}*s ..straight between Fenton and Dooley,respectiug the flag that he was advised /tp irpjEw'rhv.tp Fenton.. .-Jn the first plac{e, 'I^6slitrvM]y affirm; 7 that the flag iu 5 -dispute belongs to me, notwithstanding .the order to return it. On Boxing D„y - Ikfv 'i\ King 'ibr^Qweitiit? jATith^ppihter ■: Lto.pujbj-on the grand stand, and for that purpose ib was used, which Mr Kiiig jeau .sn.bstaptiate if he likes.. Mr King gave, orders to Partridge, tlie carter, ;to return' all gear that had been borrowed. This Partridge did endeavour to <!q, tliinkhig tha'tjhas. Jlepton^had ;h.ad the grand stand booth, the flag belonged: to hi|p/ and. therefore returned it amongst other thiugs to Fenton. I lent two flags. -#he''^a_ J£ sent to Fenton, the" other Was left to waste itself m tlie . breeze on th_. race-course, and tho evidence of the latter part of my assevt^oh^ "remains on the lawn nailed to 'the .-»{ta|fcr4"(tb&4jis aU that js lety qf ;'itj. >: which I myself not a month since. :Five,^oi_lhßai&eiiF^nto» lends the flag to B©olpiy,|oi>;the,pui:p()se df 2 being used l,at;the£V"olputeeis.-Ball. ' On tho following-, liipr ping, that is the 25th of JVfay, I went over to the Foresters' Half to look after some things I had leut them; .pnd^here saw the flag m dispute. T immediately told Collinson the flag ~he- : ■'lpjf^ed3;di'i^e,.ilHpSiiold me Dooleyjlia/P' bprrpwed it from Fenton, bping so 'he 1 would have to return it to aim. with which I quito agreed. Collinson

proposed that im shoiipf go, puid see $cntotf "about it/^hibLiS^ didS%hile.l Ifaitedlin/fhe iall.XT§iep. '^ack j(e said he>hadjsfe|s Eefttpusand "told -|pi wftat l |6^S|t>n , s fep^a^^^A^-^SM^ Pthe Hiest dPhisWie^^ itieego&ftJ. saia it was mine to give it to me, which he (Collinson) did. '--And -^here .the matter ended, so a %.a3 l.was.concej-ned,^ „uStil I hp^dJ{.4^ojm^^.%pV_ then it suddenly occurred to mine _ost*' -o£ tlie Royal that- the^fiag ,belopgedJp„. v lu>, (or at least "Mother says ithe-" 1 -iohgs to them,"). But I say positively -the flag, belongs to»me,.fatlier. orjoothcr,. • notwithstanding. — I am, <fee, :4. T , « ■ J. Walkley,^"' '-"'] i Coh'i'mei-ial Hotels 7 I ->x^'-.j oti x.iij