THE PREMIER'S MEETING.

Hastings Standard, Issue 25, 26 May 1896, Page 2

THE PREMIER'S MEETING.

[To the Editor.] Sir, —Allow 1110 a few lines in which to reply to a letter that has been forwarded to the morning paper by the Mayor of Hastings. Why he should have gone out of his way to make such a statement it is hard to conceive. It is certain that Mr Fitzßoy's voice was inaudible when he made the declaration of the voting, but the fact was so patent to every one present that it was unnecessary for him to give an opinion. Ail I can say is that Mr Fitzßoy's vision must be somewhat impaired or his judgment warped if lie persists in declaring that the motion -was not carried by "a large majority," and will affect very little the opinion of the large body of electors who were present.—l am, &c-., Elector. Hastings, 25th May, 1896. [To tiie Editor.] Sir, —He Mr Fitzßoy's letter in the Hawke's Bay Herald this morning, we all know his political feeling without this letter. Undoubtedly the papers were quite correct in their reports, " by a large, majority, kc." Mr Fitzßoy states he only declared the resolution carried, and, further, that the large majority consisted of those in the hall who did not vote at all. No doubt there were a great many who did not vote, but i£ Mr Fitzßoy's vision was better he would have seen that the amendment secured about thirty votes, whereas the resolution was carried by fully two hundred voters, also on acclamation of at least three-quarters of the large assemblage. His opinion, then, that the majority were in favor of the amendment, is mere equivocation, as it was fully apparent to all that the large assemblage fully concurred with nearly all that the Premier had said, and voted almost en mas.se for the resolution.—l am, &c., One Who Was There. Hastings, 25th May, 1896.