A CHALLENGE TO MR CLAYTON

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10738, 8 November 1928, Page 3

A CHALLENGE TO MR CLAYTON

. (To The Editor). Sir, —in yovif aecOunt published this morning of Air. AV, L. Clayton’s replv to lily letter, whereiii I .accused lriitt Of assisting in forcing the Cbiistruclion of the Gentle Annie traihwa'y while He was tt member flf the Borough Council, hotwithstandthg Mr. W; D, Lysttar’s . eliipttatic tiriltest wllitUi the latter, cajile'd. fvoiri nttiidoh, I hbtiefe that. Air. Clayton’s referetice to toy letter was one of the first items he dealt with last hefting at Alangapapa, and showing that it was the uppermost question in liis, mind. I, also gather from your report that he was. very angry, so angry in fact that apparently- he lecaine quite bewildered And seeflied to me to lbsb coriti'ol of v.'iiat lie iii his egotism, wbuld like us believe that he was a perfect paragon. or excellence at viz., the enunciation of respectable phraseology. This is tiiO first portion of wiiat;he is reported to have said: “The srilv idiot who talked about the Gentle Annie tram and Mr Lysnar”, lie said, “is either talking through sheer ignorance. or drawing a red herring across the trail. Air. Lysnar insisted oii it and carried it through. He . proposed to get a, fleet of strakeiwaggons . . . ” Now, in the first place, that statement- is untrue. I. know, of course, “the bit dog always howls.” The Gentle Annie Tramway was, in fact, carried through or Completed with Air. Glavton’s assistance (as Borough Ooulicilloi') and in the face or Air. Lysnar’s direct protest, '/here never was a fleet of straker waggons. < V. Will Mr. Clayton deny that, as a Borough councillor, lie did hot second the motion to have the Ctentle Annie tramway constructed? AVill lie deny that, in Consequence-of that motion the Gentle Annie Train way was constructed ? Tlie other portion of Air. Clayton s reply I may reply to later on.—l am, vours etc., ANTI-TWISTER. November 7.