ACCEPTED CHALLENGE
FURTHER LETTER TO MR. SCRIMGEOUR
EARLY HEARING URGED
With reference to the acceptance of the challenge to prove before a Judge j of the Supreme Court certain alleged broadcast remarks regarding the Farmers' Union, Mr. J. J. Maher, farmer, of Mangaroa, has forwarded the following letter to Mr. C. G. Scrimgeour, Controller of Commercial Broadcasting, under date December 4: — Dear Sir, —On Tuesday last I wrote you in reply to the challenge issued by you. In my letter I asked you to name the Judge of the Supreme Court selected by you and to inform me of the time and place, when and where my witnesses were to attend. I further asked you to inform me on these matters without delay on account of the proximity of the Court vacation. To date I have had no reply. I am sure you will agree that as the evidence of the witnesses must necessarily be based on their recollection of your broadcast, it is essential that the matter should be disposed of at the earliest possible moment. I have no hesitation in. saying that, in view of your delay in acknowledging my letter and in view also of your references to~ the matter in your broadcast last evening (which, to say the least, was in very bad taste), your challenge is not backed by your sincerity. However, if I am wrong in saying so, your immediate reply to my letter will establish this.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1939, Page 10
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ACCEPTED CHALLENGE
Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1939, Page 10
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