A MISLEADING REPORT.
Sir, —I.enclose a clipping from to-night's' issijo of the "Daily Telegraph," Napier, giving an account (?)_ of tho "disgraceful exhibition of hooliganism" • (otherwise expressed in brilliant alliteration, "Wellington's Whine"), which occurred outside the Parliament Buildings last night. ' •'. In reading tho account of ,this demonstration given in to-day's Dominion, I am sorry to 'observe. that your roport is sotionsly at variance with the one furnished by tho Parliamentary reporter of our local Ministerial paper. Sir, .which am I to believe? As a constant reader of tho Dominion, and an occasional reader of the "Daily Telegraph," I desiro to know the facts of the case.
' But,/joking aside, is not this but a fulfilment of your prophecy in tho leading article ■of The Dominion to-day?.. Unfortunately, such accounts. as • the enclosed . are mistaken by the public for statements of fact.—l am, etc.j.. v.-; ...... ■•, , ' '■■■
GOVERNMENT SUPPORTER ■ ' , :. ;V :: a PON'T THINK I). ■ Napier, Juno 16. /i [The clipping enclosed is : thosort of distortion, wo are unfortunately growing; accustomed .to in some Ministerial journals.] ■
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 539, 21 June 1909, Page 4
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170A MISLEADING REPORT. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 539, 21 June 1909, Page 4
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