;:C • %%W i:\ This^is'^jhexp^ted; pf; I course.'"' (taugh't'er.) $T bhink "Mr La wry_ ? was;sbfar Tight"as"to"Bay ib was an iridis ? crebion of I^6^Bv»;iSe^Hr|^ t?ttS?iP tJon Ml" 'Lawi'y's-name, because we did not expect, | Ito seeMr Lawi?y;here. t !( Laughter;) .Gbner-i;. i ally speaking, I bhiHkifeife undesirable to1' J menblbnany^^iriaividu\Tliea{Jeyiilly'Mcrrbicisfr I any of hisacbionsi wbeffibn's presumed that; 'i he;ii&' nob1 td be''present; -Now' that the ma'ct'erhas rßee'n!raisedrit Is, essontlal; that tlie-truejfactß should be .before^you.- Jffre (Jliairmajti then rp'^d Vi c h^Vcir,c!ul,£ir. ; kentl "by; 1 the' 'Association' requeßting;"'Mr L'awry ,to r reply fed ■"specific questions]' 2;and ' also Mrv Lawrys^repl^ aY fpflo^sr^'.' Sir.rf-I. have" ? bhe'h'phou'r to ackhbwledge :bhe r.ece.ipb of- ; your letter of the 10th iustanb, and in reply ; I havo to state that <f l .never reply to a political question except'from tho platform of a. a.lily~atlv.erfcise^mee^tfg,jS?^T^HlnK it ri^-ht to cbnthlud; ft}' JMia^.co*uj's9:' • bhese circumstan^eV^Our^Cdencil will nob, I trust, cpns^derme discourtequg in^ declin ing":td: comply wibh 'your request—-I am, q^ Ci » '■. ■' -.""/. ■;■':..'">'•.■.': ,: >■'■- '•. ■r: ■'_'•;■ I Mr-Ewingiou ■said'fchere:was] lipbhing' in bhe t /:tpjl^r Lawry's meeting.' •*•.*■• f _~ fi i; ., .j Mr Lawry replied that h^ Kadi Tbod eaid

lya's.;' Iwha^ip.stated;^§B that when; lie wrote tSeiiebteifEeJboldflbnb Assofciatldti^: Secretary tBiA; hme afe-bis mooting, he>*6ald anl^^tfaem a '""The CliSSfman saM there were twS mat ters arising oub of rejmarks_^ade^^by^ ?p^leWt^^?'^^^^Ee*:*°^^^^*S: wTsWdAt.ulcfelFs^dHrtfeat the Association m erad cv ricn ~ meu aud' "poor tnen; bantieu together in one steon^efjojet for the pur pase—of—obtainiofHgooa governmeiit—He. (i'pnte^^i^^pqbe The^ ShaTfrnarT atso mentioned b^aJjbhe^AssQcia^ !,ion e6mp*SMo§ fair" pc6porbions"of ; %rbtk-;. iW. men. , T Votea Pit t)avy"and o'tne"r 'spektt'ers;• afi»£ "which: t;hediieetingiii6rniinalsedj:^^ 'tUiahv^^-^^i

INTERNATIONAL TUG OF WAR

,The fourth series,of contests, betwden-the 'ihternationarfug^f-wUr liearas fcbok place Mastj e*«nifls ? iAstjhft>f©riil.^Lhe.dj, and .er^yedr j4s-an bieipaied r to be vceiyJiard--fouglib ones^. -especially bhafo .between.,,the Mapns ,and riScaridihaviarfsi^la^ting 55 minute^,'a^fectird 'innp6inß^f""duTafionrup~to tlie"~preserit. ■ ThereS-waß«nobb6r^e£yJargp an^intapeabed: througbpftt -the evening■ thfey iwere Ee-MlnaStalloflintense-excU'e'me^b^ ■ Thetfifstip.ull was) bet*ween7~She. 'Maoris iand Scattdipavians, and ifciWas.eyideiiti from. tlifi_appearancp fif thti teania_aß^they:-WBre. ■macshaJled Qn t^e^ljbfcrjnqtr^bateit w»B:.<to be a hard tussle. Wibh bhe pisbol shotj the Maoris, owing tort Heir' soperfof!weighbj :and*the fact ofibein^ freshj-gaiped an ad- I vantage of abotit "6Tri£HSs£ ih^'^W^MUn 'standing 1 .tb&tea theic- i. dpponenba,. 'made ;Bbrenuou6''.*Bfflsrtß; toVregain ■ losb ground. Frofli'^^fcMsi c. and , for fully minutes, thejla^'pguia'be said tp'rei % main stabionary. 