THE “BLACK” PAMPHLET.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 118, 11 July 1911, Page 5

THE “BLACK” PAMPHLET.

STATEMENT BY MR FOWLDS. (Per Press Association.) Rotourua, July 10. The Hon. G. Fowlds, Minister for Education, who is at present in Rotorua taking the baths for a slight attack of rheumatism, was seen by a “'rimes’’ reporter this evening. Referring to a paragraph that appeared on the utli inst. in a Southern newspaper, as follows:—“The Hon. G. Fowlds lias reiterated on a public platform the charge that Mr Massey, the Leader of the Opposition, frthered tho unauthorised biography of Sir Joseph Ward.” Mr Fowlds remarked that it seemed to him that at the present time the Opposition speakers and newspapers were prepared to go to any length in the matter of mis-state-ments. Regarding tho particular statement referred to it was without tho slightest foundation. In fact, on tho contrary, what he did say in effect when speaking on the matter, was that lie had never heard Mr Massey

blamed personally for having had anything to do with the inception of the circulation of the “Black’.’ Pamphlet, but that the indictment against the Opposition generally was that whilst they knew it was in circulation and that their party was likely to condemn it. That was, Mr Fowlds added, quite’ a different statement from the one now being circulated by the Opposition newspapers.