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Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 6, 13 August 1874, Page 2

We cheerfully give -'publicity*" to' the'; letters of Messrs. A.; Stewart and G. J?. Reid, which will be found elsewhere. Both of these— in far stronger terms than any we made use: pf-^estify to " the irregularity and inefficiency of the edastal ; service with Etonedin^orw-hifch we were credibly informed .the settlers of Inch dlutbajand*' neighboring districts had good caused: of complaint. Mr. Stewart says "the. high rate charged v at -piesent ■'■? by '*.< Mr* 'Reid.-S; steamery fLady- ■ of r the Lake, is simply/ owing to the fact of Her having -tea; times as much Jwrork as she can-fa.*:

inegMehi- Beeingf|bliat;; tbe^ trade^J ample to eiapl6y QtHer nine steap^rtlM But Jj^ppraingj Mr^S*^*«i|fehaidf &I^H business in his sterethai^ be could W|M manage* '"wpffi<if.^|jc*^^^ sufficient reason .i^^^^-^S^i^ip^H of his goods ;] and^'^-Veafi&|M^ng A - hisj -customers fCf^-S^^-f : " afea||H MrV M,:fi&^^4'^.|[fl| service has not been equal to tlites^M^B put, o^ it to y^ smuo time steamer was taken out offl die trade?? by bim, and employed els^H 'where. This may not have oeenanyS j feult of his, but that is poor consolationM to the sufferers, and: tbe fact remaii3| that such a course was pursued byjj jhim. This proves ••-•the- irHgiildHiymk the inefficiency is shewn by Mr. Btew||i art As to the charges for fright, etc!^ we stated -the matter: as > it : wasj*^«i^| municated to us by an authority whicljl anyone would accept as most thoroughi||JH reliable. If we have done him anil injustice, we tender our apo'ogy, but asj| to his not having given inslructibns icwSj a preference being, given to produc^l consigned to him, we would ask whether |J no one \-else has an interest in the Db^|| or her traffic, and* by whorrt such; proff! . ference may have been given without! fl I his direct: -instruction? "We are: isure^S our correspondents will agree with isi] th&t it is high time some ste^-^-e'r^p taken to place both the navigatiqn;jdj|l the river and the coastal service upon af| more satisfactory footing,, and* ifironi^ what we can learn there is every like*-|i libbod J that such steps will shortly W^ instituted. *••- „•--?!. „41