A CORRECTION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 2, 28 January 1879, Page 2

A CORRECTION.

To the Editor of the ' Ivvjsxixo Mail." Sir — Will you oblige by allowing me space to correct, out of a spirit of fairness, an error which occurred in my letter iv your last evening's issue. In that letter the inverted commas should close at the word " me " and the words " I aud my " suould be substituted for " he and his " as that sentence was uot intended to be the expression of Mr Adams, but the comments of another. I am, &c, Tkutii. I [On reference to the manuscript we find that the letter was printed exactly as received. —Ed. i\.E.M.] j

To the Editor of the " Evening Mail." Sir,— Had your correspondent " Observer" before writing his letter of yesterday exercised his brains as well as he appears to have used his eyes, my brother's reason and j my own for attending the IJoman Catholic Church would have appeared plain enough. If incapable- of so doing 1 will reason for him. In consequence of Father Gariu fming been the first to raise the Education Question by publicly directing his congregation to vote for the candidate who supported the Catholic view of education whatever his other political opinion might be, my brother and myself ! neutupto the Catholic Chu.'ch at il am., the hour at which we expected the service would begin, to hear what Father Garin had further to say upon the Education Question. As we reached the door we unexpectedly met the congregation coming out, as the service had been held at an earlier hour than U3ual. I am informed that Fathtr Garin again charged his people not to vote for the I candidate uho opposed Mr Curtis's Bill. I i absolutely deny that either my brother or I myself "buttonholed" or said a word to ' influence or solicit the votes of any body. Did Father Gariu refrain from using his Church as a medium for circulating" aud I promulgating his political views for the purpose of influencing the votes of the people, i ueither my brother nor myself would have ! been there. But while he contiues to preach j political sermons «nd to directly charge his flock how they are to vote he must expect his Church to be attended by those who have to controvert ana expose the fallacy of his views.— l am, &c, Percy B. Adams. laesday, January 29th, 1879.

To the Editor ok the " Evexixg Mail." Sir,— The untruthful abuse and base insinuations hurled at me and my committee by Mr Pitt's supporters in their three letters in last night's Mail, present a strong contrast to the fair and open way in which my supporters and myself have treated Mr Pitt. I shall abstain from replying to anonymous attacks during the election, but as "Truth " has wandered far from his assumed name, I feel bound publicly to deny the truth of bis assertions, and to say that I have demanded his real name from you as editor, and find that it is Mr Kavanagh, the Master of St. Mary's Schools, a man I do not know by sight, and who is a Roman Catholic. I am, &c, Actox Adams. [With reference to the above it may be necessary to say that on the writer of the letter signed "Truth " bringiug it to us in person be was informed that it contained so serious an accusation that it could not be published except on the express understanding that the real name should be given up to Mr Adams if demanded by him. This he agreed to, and the letter was published. -Ed. M.h.M ] *""""' ' '- ' -' *e~ » "lib*