DUNEDIN COMPETITIONS.

Evening Star, Issue 15293, 19 September 1913, Page 5

DUNEDIN COMPETITIONS.

TO THE EDITOR. ' I ; ” 1 - 1 son ‘- v to seo y°"T footnote to my Jotter in to-nighfs paper, for throe leason-s : (I) I think the toiie of mv letter deserved a more courteous note. ‘(2) Although undressed to yourself, my expressed hope n<is that the Competition Committee would consider the suggestions, not any newspaper editor alone. (5) Your note reads an though you knew of somethin* connected with tho judging of which 1 Know nothing. I never even hinted at collusion, nor dul I sugg-est nnv “ wish to favor” ole. What I said was: u The best ]udge can scarcdy ivolp dlov/ino- • • to unconsciously influence,” otc° which is a very different thing; ami tin* suggestion you term ‘‘mere foohehnes?" was such as was a common precaution in England when I left the Old Country, and was what I should insist upon if I wore acting as judge.—l am, etc., r , , ‘ JrSTICE. September 18. e regret that our correspondent should deem the footnote discourteous. It was not go intended. Perhaps the wording was somewhat abrupt. We ask “Justice” to accept our assurance that no offence was meant. As for Xo. 2, the fact that file editor (who was addressed) replied docs not bar tho committee from considering the suggestion. Xo. 5 reason doe,;(not carry the matter much further. The fact that they take certain precautions in England does not in itself convince us that those same precautions should be adopted here.—Ed. E.S.]