MR J. E. TAYLOR'S GRIEVANCE.
That Triangular Duel at Manukau,
As the first Opposition champion to throw down the gage of battle to the knight of Manukau, Mr J. E. Taylor feels it a bit hard that hia own party have sprang an ambuscade npon him. He has shown us some letters from which he aßks us to publish a. couple of extracts, to ex plain His position. Writing to Mr Taylor, the Hon. E. Mitchelson (who presided at the meeting of the Auckland Provincial Electoral Committee, at which Mr Francis Hall was chosen Opposition candidate for Mannkau) says: — 'The result' of the meeting was a surprise to me, as I fully expected that friends of each candidate would have been -present, whereaß, there only appeared to be those of one.' In a letter to the Rev. Mr Lawry, Mr Mitchelson also says, • Now for Mr Hull : I had several interviews with this gentleman before writing- to my friends in Wellington, and be positively assured me that the friends who had induced him to announce himself had stated, in the event of his consenting, Mr Taylor would retire.'
Apparently, Mr Hull's friends jumped to their conclusion, for Mr Taylor flatly denies that he ever entertained such an idea His platform is purity and economy of administration, elective Executive, and abolition of patty government.
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Observer, Volume XVIII, Issue 1092, 2 December 1899, Page 16
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MR J. E. TAYLOR'S GRIEVANCE.
Observer, Volume XVIII, Issue 1092, 2 December 1899, Page 16
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