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FARMERS’ UNION CLUB.

(To the Editor, Gisborne Times.)

Sir,—lt is melancholy to notice that “ cacoetKes scribendi ” (an itch for scribbling) is not confined to a single member of a distinguished family, and that) Mr. Hilton Lysnar has now entered the lists, with all the ingenuous impetuosity of youth, as the champion of Mr Harding, and seems anxious to discuss that gentleman’s private affairs in your columns. Mr Lysnar’s recollections of the proceedings of the Provisional Committee are so inaccurate that it would appear that he was not present when it laid its report before the Provincial Executive, and it does not seem to me necessary to burden your columns with lengthy explanations of what then transpired ; but one of his assertions, i.e., “ That had a lease for three years 'been stipulated for it would have been agreed to,” is so inconsistent with facts that I must contradict it, as the Committee at that time undoubtedly thought it unsafe to enter into any long agreement with anyone. That Mr Harding does not share Mr Lysnar’s opinion that an injustice was done to him by the removal of the rooms seems to have been implied by his public utterances at the meeting, when he generously declared that he would be happy to stand by the Club wherever it went, if the members thought a change was for its benefit. The statement that I was corresponding with Mr Dunlop some months prior to the special committee meeting, with a view of obtaining an offer from that gentleman, is so untrue that it is not necessary for me to do mote than deny it, and would seem to imply that Mr Lysnar is not free from the personal motives which he attributes to me and is unable to comprehend that I can ; honestly disclaim. 1 Ido not propose to ho lead into

a repetition of the reasons which induced so many members of the Farmers’ Union Club to secede, as they were discussed in your columns of the 24th ult.* hut it is satisfactory to note that the general opinion does not seem to be with Mr Lysnat, as already the members of the new Club number actually more than the total membership of the Farmers’ Union Club during the year. In conclusion, may 1 he allowed to express the hope that the tribute which I have paid to Mr Lysnar’s chivalry as a champion may, in his future letters, deter him from the consanguineous characteristics so apparent in liis first effort to distinguish himself.—l am, etc., LISSANT CLAYTON,

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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 962, 7 August 1903, Page 2

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FARMERS’ UNION CLUB. Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 962, 7 August 1903, Page 2

FARMERS’ UNION CLUB. Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 962, 7 August 1903, Page 2

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