MR ANDERSON'S REPORT.

Evening Star, Issue 11701, 6 October 1902, Page 2

MR ANDERSON'S REPORT.

to Tira ibntiß, S:r,—li you. went before a nuuistrato you v.-Wd lose your case. You said " 'die Council permitted Mr Anderson to copyright las report." Sow, Mr Andeturn's "lettV which you quote, was written after the rel port had become the property of the Coim<•]i . Anyhow, ,r dues not «a.v that he actually copyrighted lilc L , ; port', or that Iho I r.um-.il permitted him to copyright it, or tii.U he asked f ol . ~,„..;, Tt {XT _ lainly sty.- that Air Anderson would not nii.vo tiny question of .■opyrighl between iho Council ,uid himself." mid tint ho 'placed himself at Iho Couth: i!";: disposal ;;•» t- o;osu-t!!in-r unauthorised infringements," .Tid tlr.-t as .ho v.-o.s induced tn ..ri ve nn "unreservnl report," 1 lit. t tbucfore v.e '•«M>dd not publivh any of ir. wiihout his ■ i.t.-vnt. ' V>ut tiii.-: is no proof of your ■'sseri.mn, and I o'efy you to show that the Cu;ued evrr r.'rognixd .Mr Anderson's ricrht l" .x.pyrigbt his report. Moreover, 'the word., ".strictly official and confidential"' have no mure significance than those that appeared „n .Messrs .\oves i'.ros-. arid "Mr Kogers's reports— viz.. •'Printed for the iuiotni;ition of the Mayor and councillors nt ill-; City of Dnnedin only."' And you again .st!.y : "Nor did we get the. %-hole report.'' and yet in iho same breath you sav " We Lw ii copy of *he report befoie us" at this moment!" Delicious, isn't if: I always said you got line whole report. First, you denied it-:_ noyr you admit it! And if." to <;et out of this, you say you copied your morning contemporary's report, I reply that your reports were dissimilar and mueh iullcr. The city engineer has rights, and I will do my best to protect thein, but the ratepayers akn have rights, and they are to sco that no mistake is made in regard to the water race. With this viesv we obtained .Mr Andersons report, but even* councillor immediately regretted 'certain, portions of it, and would have excised them and other extraneous matter and have presented tho balance to the public, but you wanted " copy," and you got it—somehow.—l am. etc., A CovN'cniOK. riefober '!. [Hf now !f.T-e ibis quibbling councillor wkcie. we knew he was running—ill the mire of Ins own creating. It would bo a ■waste of time to expatiate upon his point that b-rcsuiH' v.e had a report' in our otlicc yesterday (bci-roWed for the occasion), we must t.'iereiore have had the whole report in raid-August, We merely liand him over, bound Mid impotent, to an atmi-*ed public Ed. E.S.j l