CORRESPONDENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 11 May 1907, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

TIIIO I!YE-EI .EC'l'lON'. To the Editor. Sir, —On Tuesday next all qualified len and women in the Taranaki electirate are expected m vote, .May they ecord such an one as will help to stay his fair land from fiirilier legislative iijury. Three candidates have addressed us: thoughtfully wo must decide j ! vhich to select. Unaided i\lr ' Jkcy ha; pas-cd through ins 'ieelrol campaign Strong. self- ? •ontaiiied.- respected. and " he will 1 iiave stamina I'nougii to stand shoulder l !o shoulder with 'those who have to : ight the Land Hill and oilier hated niea- ( ■uivs. Yoic him in. Much could be ! said in favor of Mr Maiono and against party, but ill.- trend of present legisla- I tion compel-a party light— 1 aiii.'clc.. ' THESEUS. To the Kdilor. f.--rdii- : . :: icmiercd' in'' El idav's 'LJ.''i:, "Evulu ioni-i," -t > k.ninv l'r--!!i .Mr -Malcie- the lit lie book lie found s-, useful at ids >.ew I'iyim.ui.h nieetiue. naiu-lv. ■Manner-, for Men.' Imm whi.-li lie will d-ohilc-s lean, that only lie- ignorant and iil-manH,r.,d apply yuc-,ar epilaphs 1 '■" lh.-' h-.Min-; eontrarv ..piui.ins to ! h-lllscKes." I hummed Mr Uaciuc'hook, but have hiied lo lin=l auv reference at all to "Epitaph-.'' Suridv "e.v Startfordile" has made a mi.-takc.' "Epit:t|di" is. 1 r.u-.l in Webster's "an inscrip'tion on a tomb hi honor <,f the dead": perhaps he means "epilhi-t," though I advance the e.xplanalion uiilv with extreme diffidence. It is liardlv likelv that "ex-Stratfordite," who .appears to know "everything about everybody," should have completely overlooked Webster's dictionary during his scholastic career.—l am, etc., DUX: