ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

New Zealand Tablet, 4 August 1921, Page 32

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Reader. —We attach very little value to the cables appearing at present on the Irish question. One can see how , they contradict one another as days go by. Sea on an. Lord Northcliffe said what everybody thought when he described the denial of his statements by the ' British Minister as a “diplomatic —otherwise a plain lie.” E.F.M.— Lynch dealt fully with Mr. MacGregor and the matter ought to be dropped now. Ridicule is the most effective treatment for such amateur theologians and professional bigots. Nobody takes the MacGregor seriously except himself. Barney.— benvenuto, cead mile failie! Beyond saying that fit and well Strowan is a champion still we have no more to remark except that an alteration in the first line might be useful. Perhaps dainty steps get through mud better than goloshes. Our honest opinion as to the winners of the three big winter events is this: First, the bookmaker second, the bookmaker third, the bookmaker. We venture to give you that information as a certainty.