THE GLADSTONE CASE.
C.APT. WEIGHT EXPRESSES REGRET. BV CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received 11.30 a.m. to-day. LONDON, Feb. 10. Tn a letter containing 516' words, Captain Peter Wright has assured Viscount . Gladstone: “If I had. not taken up die challenge for a legal fight I would seem guilty of the very cowardice with which you charged me. I intendtd. even had the action gone in my favour, to have express my -regrets at having used a crude phrase about your father. I now formally say them to you, and if any more copies of the book are printed, I -shall alter it and remove what offends you.” Viscount Gladstone replied in a twoline letter containing thirteen words: “Sir. I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your tetter of February 8. I remain vour obedient servant, Gladstone.”
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 11 February 1927, Page 5
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134THE GLADSTONE CASE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 11 February 1927, Page 5
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