MR. GRIGG'S COMET.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9163, 5 June 1908, Page 5

MR. GRIGG'S COMET.

Grigg first an>bll\ b** 'overj the posiucunc'ea bis great ’"■tain was tion I endeavoure'd to necesthat fgofa© suspicion s'hcffiJS . sarily bo attached to the exist&PCe / the comet unless its identity CO'ttld | be established by farther tobsertsi- [ tions. It is now, of coarse, too Jate | i* to go'intc' the details of the matter, ' I: bntgF.wish to assure roy brother ijt I the vineyard that I never made a charge against him. My attitude was simply thost of a doubter seeking eatsghtenihent;. Although I shall always henceforth speak of Mr Grigg with fear and trembling, nevertheless', I-stSiS : claim that any person- has the right to cntdcise the pubth-led achievements of another. • and to expect fchacTa mild criticism

shall notr be misrepresented as libel. Had I krSDwn at the outset that the comet in question was a sacred article, I 1 would hare preserved a reverential! silence. With all my heart I courgatnlate hirsi on his .receiving the medal. I mw, etc., a. A. MACIONALD. [We have excised two sentences from this letter as being irrelevant. — Ed.]