MR. HISLOP
TO TUB BDITOR,
Sir,—l am sorry that your reporter misreported my answer to his inluiry as to the rumour that I was contemplating retiring. I had been rung up the previous evening by your contemporaries, and my reply was: "You had better ignore rumours. If I have anything to communicate as to my intentions I'll let you know." My reply to your reporter was in similar terms. When I was rung up the question of retiring was under discussion, but most of my advisers seemed then to be averse.
While writing, may'l refer to your extraordinary statement that I would not be able to stand the strain of office? You were very sorely in need when you tried to lead your readers by an insinuation, unsupported by anything except your imaginings or wicked invention; an insinuation absolutely devoid of truth. I have stood much greater strain than council matters entail, and I am glad to say, for the information of your readers, that my constitution, as is known to my friends and as certified by my medical advisers, is as sound as ever, and that physically and mentally I can carry much more than the ordinary load.—l am, etc., ' T. W. HISLOP. 18th April. .' ,
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 91, 18 April 1921, Page 8
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206MR. HISLOP Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 91, 18 April 1921, Page 8
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