Taylor Challenged

Salient Reporter

Debating Council president Tony Ashenden trapped NZUSA president Alister Taylor at full council meeting of NZUSA.

He threw serious doubt on Mr. Taylor's claim to have written an order for blazers on the 28th July.

Mr. Taylor had admitted backdating the letter in question one day "for secretarial reasons."

But Mr. Ashenden produced photostat copies supplied by the blazer firm which showed that the letter in question was posted on the 5th August.

Mr. Taylor had assured Debating Council secretary C. Rose on the 4th that the letter had been posted on the 3rd, Mr. Ashenden claimed.

Taylor fruitlessly pounded the gavel as delegates to NZUSA council burst into shocked argument at Mr. Ashenden's evidence.

Mr. Ashenden claimed that the letter showed clear signs of amateur typing, and coupled this with the eight-day discrepancy between the date on the letter and the date of posting.

One delegate, interviewed after council, said he found it more than a little disturbing that the president of NZUSA should be revealed in such an uncertain light.