“INSOLENT”
POLSON V. DANNEVIRKE BOUT ENDS
COUNCIL’S 14d IN STAKES Press Association DANNEVIRKE, Today. The incident between Mr. W. J. Poison, M.P., and the Dannevirke County Council over the payment of Is 2d for a telegram sent collect in reply to a request by Mr. Poison for information, concluded today xvhen the amount in dispute tvas received from Mr. Poison with the following covering letter to the council’s woman clerk. “Your former communication could be forgiven on the ground of ignorance, but your last is insolent and shows plainly that the slight put upon me was intended. Let me correct you. Members of Parliament do not get their telegrams franked and the stampage allowance does not pay my bureau calls. “I fail to see what my salary has to do with the matter. You received a salary as clerk of the Dannevirke County, hut you would certainly resent it if I sent you a collect telegram dealing with county matters.” The county chairman, Mr. A. Galloway, defended the clerk against the charge of insolence, saying, “I think it is Mr. Poison who has turned insolent.” Other members strongly resented the attack on the county clerk, and Mr. Poison’s letter was received.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 838, 5 December 1929, Page 11
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201“INSOLENT” Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 838, 5 December 1929, Page 11
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