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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 198, 15 May 1908, Page 6

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"THE DOMINION'S" CHALLENGE. THE ART OF EVASION. "The Dominion" has tho largest circula* tion of any morning paper in the Wellington Province. "Tha Dominion" has challenged investigation of this declaration, and its morning, contemporary day after day has evaded that challenge. / Our. contemporary still prefers, bald .assertion and innuendo to an impartial investiga/tion. . . It says it "Wastes no time with boasters," and proves the truth of, its assertion by publishing in the same issue some twenty advertisements boasting of its own transcendent merits. It says it "is. not thrown about. It is -bought because it is worth buying"; and it proves its assertion by ignoring the fact that for weeks past free copies of the paper,'labelled "Speci- , men Copy—Gratis"-,'[h havebeen "thrown about"': over the fences tit residents in the City and suburbs i a a vain endeavour to secure nfcw subscribers. It says it "fights fair out in the open. It is prepared for all emergencies," and it proves the.truth- of its assertion by showing t that it can fight shy—■ ■ shy of our challengo.It says a good many other irrelevant things, but it does not say that it will take up our challenge. ■ ■ ■ ; - "The Dominion" is prepared to prove, by an impartial Investigation of-the circulation . of the two papers, that it has a larger number of subscribers than "The New Zealand Times." "The Dominion" not only has a larger genuine circulation, but the difference runs into four Figures. ■' , Here is a definite statement. Will our contemporary dare now to .take up the •challenge thrown out? Our challonge is still open. \