MR. HALOCOMBE'S "EXPLANATION."

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 79, 13 July 1878, Page 3

MR. HALOCOMBE'S "EXPLANATION."

>■'.;■ . ' TO THE B.DITOB. "■"'■„ i Sic,— Mr Halcombe; m his letter m yp'or. 'issue of the 10th inst., thinks an apology iB [ due by me to Jiim for the way m which his;. r acts and intentions were misrepresented. I can only say that nearly every resident I m the County understood the report as' II did, and Mr. Halcombe is the victim of a I report published m the different: papers.- rl r: regret quite as much as he does that his ['action should have been viewed m this light, as he declares he lias been m favor of the Port of JFoxtpn all along; butil.do think he is slightly to blame for not Having | forwarded an invitation to some one here, i to attend the meeting, as Mr Macarthur } wrote "that they naturally discussed the question as. to which port they could ship most cheaply from," and also from Mr Halcpmbe's own admission " that , he knewMr Cross's remarks with regard to the Foi : ton Harbor were not correct, but that it was not his place^-as chairman of the meeting—to contradict every speaker who, i m. niy opinion, might have made an erroneous statement." .;< As I do not wisli to enter into a further public correspondence, I, shall not. enquire further "as to how Mr Halcombe's and Mr Macarthui''s letters correspond, but I am. only too pleased to find Mr Haleombeis of one mind with, as he admitted at the last Council meeting, " the most, influential public meeting ever' held m the County," arid which I was the humble instrument m obtaining.— lam, &c., , . , EEHEST SrTHTNNE.