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Nyabing Honour Board.(To the Editor.)Sir,—I should esteem it a favour if you would kindly allow me space to reply to the false and misleading statements made by Mr. Charsley and your other correspondent under the above heading.Your correspondents flatly contradict each other, which almost suggests that there was no collusion between them. Mr. Charsley says that a meeting was called to consider the question which had been raised, while his friend maintains that the matter was settled at the outset.” If your cprrespondent confined his remarks to what he knew or did at the “ outset,” he would have very little to talk about. I am pleased to say that I did practically all the work in connection with the Honour Board in the initial stages.I wrote an appeal for funds to procure and Honour Roll and inscribe the names of residents of the district who ^iad “enlisted ” for active service. This preliminary appeal still hangs in Richardson and Co's, store at Nyabing. Had I know that narrow-minded and vindictive individual would arise and defeat the object of this appeal, I should certainly have had nothing to do with it. Your correspondent meanly tires to create the impression that I wish the names of “ rejected ” men to appear on the \Board. Reference to my previous letter will dispel this. He also indulges in a cheap sneer at my reference to the small amount contributed by some petople. Work, thought, and sympa^jpy are rich contributions in matters of this kind, and are well within the reach of everyone. It goes without sayiog that my remark does not apply to the cash contrbutions of the genuinely poor. But the sneer and the whine ill become - a strong young man, without encumbrance, engaged in the same occupation a9 myself. These are known by their readiness to drop on my remark. Your correspondent admits that he knows very little about the subscription list, and cares less. This is typical of the man, and it is to him, and his kind, that my remarks are directed.The signature in connection with your correspondent's letter, signify very little, because sympathetic or vindictive people can be induced to sign anything, even to releasing criminals of the Ben-net type. The list contains names that I do not know, and others of enemy origin, whose acquaintance I do not cultivate.Before concluding, I should like to refer briefly to Mi. Char8ley's false statement. He savs : 44 That at a public meeting I agreed to the matter being submitted to the vote at the forthcoming social. At this meeting I moved a motion that the question be settled then and there, as it was a public meeting called for the purpose of considering matters applying to the Honour Board. My motion was negatived and an amendment was carried that the question be submitted to a future meeting. It was suggested by those who opposed ray motion that the social would be a suitable occasion. Further opposition being useless I had to submit to the majority. Dose this look like being perfectly agreeable ? Further, I did not rush into print.At the social ,in question, immediately after Mr. Charsley had finished speaking, I addressed the meeting aud accused Mr. Charsley to his face of ridiculing the men whom he should honour. If he had not meant whatr he had said, why did he not say so then ? If Mr. Charsley can prove that he did not make the jest referred to in my letter or as near thereto as possible, and by his jest cause loud laughter in which he himself enthusiastically joined, I am prepared to forfeit £10 to the Returned Soldiers’ Association and to publically apologise to him. If he cannot do this, let him apologise to the men whom he has insulted. ,•»Yours, etc.,E. A. GABY.
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Katanning Southern Districts Advocate
Katanning, Western Australia, AU
Wed, Dec 05, 1917
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