The Muzzled Pressman

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1513, 21 December 1905, Page 2

The Muzzled Pressman

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The Daily Mail, referring to tho reply of Mr.Ooghhn, Agoni'-Gonoral fov Now South Wnles, to iMkil's nasertion thai its Bydnoy ■ corroepondeiu was muzzled, Bays: " Mr. Coghlan, far from apologising and confesoing that lie is wrong, pretends iu hie second loiter. that his. charge is different, aiid flies off at, a : tangent to raise irrelevant qnostions, Ho has already bcQU cautioned about his too favour"able report on the prospsob of immigrants, iod bis Government would act wisely in further cautioning lM o«ftinst bringing unfounded 'charges,/and dirsoting him to apologise for his of zeal." Mr Coghlon. in a letter, denies that ho imputed dishonesty to tho Mail in regard to tho telegram, and claims tliftt-ho wrote not without ''previous : attacks ho says .thai their smnll groin of truth, obscured nailer a mass of O'llumny, has dono iniioh to prevent tlr expansion of "Australia. Thfl Mail admits that Australia is ds-. serving of tho,attention of British settlers if under good 'jjjdvonimont, but says it is a farce tr invito immigrants B#til the colony has shaken oil ;ihe labour domination, >ls insists that tlio'oflso of the six ha'.toi's who wont out; to Sydiisy : '.under:; icontrapt and wcro refused a landing, shows that tho restrictions on immigrants aro still in fotoe, «