THE OMNIPOTENT CORRESPONDENT

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1496, 1 December 1905, Page 3

THE OMNIPOTENT CORRESPONDENT

TO THBBDITOR Sir,—lt is such a long time sinco last the, public of Waihi had tho pWiuro of hearinsr, nr rather reading, tho views of MrE T Turnbull in the oolumns of a N.S.W. contemporary, thai it must have been with a certain amount of granfica' tion, not to eav delight, with which thoy poruaod the' lotter of your esteemed, if übiquitous, correspondent, It is also pleasing to note that Mr E. V. Turnbull has given his permission lor us to express our will, at the ballot bor over'this important question, as we should possibly haver been in doubt as to. whether we Bhould vote licpnso b'r nolicense. However, Mr. E. V. Turnbull has : .fp6ken,, Whs* more need be .said : over a subjiot that h'ss puzzled, and is .puzzling greater men tban]yqur exireoaely nuhoritative correspondent? It is a big subjebt, involving many interests,' and requires deep thought, not of the kind whioh is supplied by clop-trappy orators and correspondents on ei'her side, but by men of the world, men "who have travelled, sayoto New Guinea and back, and .who are competent and.oondoscending enough to give permission to their fellowwriters to exercise their undoubted right, —I am, etc, ■./'•..'. 'Gnosiii. Waihi, November 29th, .1906.