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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2311, 21 December 1889, Page 2

. .- ._ . :; : «;^ TO THB EDITOR. X.' Sib, — Mr J, C Doaoan lo mwih exeroUed In his mind and Is rtroolog round to find a ratio aal man In Aahbnitoo. Should such » one be found bis name will not be J. C. Dnnoan. : Mr Duaosn has the Impudence to tell the pabilo thtt I agreed at the Informal meeting to ab'de by the deolalon of the majority. This la dlatinotly untrue. What I Bald was that ts til the Ooumitfee bat myself bad signed tti% petition to-tha Oounoll. It wan a, foregone conclusion and that anything I oould Bay. would not evidently make any difference. I, however, voted against it, ard gave my reason fa? doing so, aod asked why was I o»lled to a meeting at which a d.'oUlon bad praotically bean arrived at tome time previously, ! I may tell Mr Danoan that it la not my uaual ougtona to bind myself to follow Jhs lead of any body of gentlemen with whom I don't agree I consider Mr Duncan is ot th« bottom of the whole trouble, and if the cause of toinparanos has to be de« pendenl upon auoh advoottea I am very despoudent of i!s success. I am, eto, D. Thomas^ TO THB EDITOB, Sib. — I desire to correct an c ror which h?a orept into the dsaonsiion of the question of conditional liceae*for the Domain: Some of yoar nGmecoas oprreßpandeati h&va written aa though this was a qoeatloa of toetotallers vornna those holding opposite views. This is nol tbo ease at all, teMotaUora hava no mcrs to do ulth the matter tha.u the rest of those who wish to prevent drink from belcg sold In theDomalo, So far as I know, tho tea* totiliera have taken no more to do with the question than others. The petition whlob was presented to the Borough Council was signed by more than 250 persona, only a small portion of them being teetotallers. I am etc, Chables Braddbll, Aahbarton 2 1st December. 1889.