Too Many Murrays For
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Country Editor
rHE editor of the Wingham (NSW) Chronicle, on June 17, produced a thunderous editorial, t commenced this way: “Colonel J. Murray, retiring Ad ninistrator of New Guinea, and, ike his father, one of the greatest nen who ever tackled, and tackled uccessfully, the task of civilising he cannibalistic tribes of the is ands to the North, has given us omething to think about.”
We found it a little hard to follow, mtil we realised that the worthy ditor had got his Murrays mixed, le evidently thinks that the Colonel s a son of the late Sir Hubert, rhen follows a long quotation from i statement by Colonel Murray, ,nd the final sentence: “There is omething for Canberra to ponder ibout.”
One is reminded of the old press nen's story of the tired editor. He ad not time nor inclination to write tn editorial. So he scissored the eading article from his morning lewspaper, wrote in front of it, What does the London Times mean ly this?”, sent it out for setting— .nd thus discharged his journalistic ibligations.