yours sincerely, T.G.B. Smith has written a beautiful letter in answer to Carleton's petition which has only nine signatures. In my despatch I say that ''what is true is not new and what is new is not true.'' Parris writes that he is going to pay Teire an instalment for his land. I shall be at Nelson from 1st to 4th or 5th Dec. T. Gore Browne