Correspondence.

Evening Star, Issue 4031, 27 January 1876, Page 2

Correspondence.

' [We are not responsible • for the opinions :qx. A NUISANCE.'. •; ' ; ■ To the Editor. ’ ; , 1! I Sib,—Walking downOeorge street, near tibe ; Robert Bums Hotel, the scene, of the late jßp in the premises occqpied, by Jenkins Oo,,; imy attention was arrested by-rehall I callit a' perfume; odor, .scent, mUell, or Sterfch ? -Be ' ithatas it msy, by the laws . $ asspoiatioria' ■variety of thoughts were produced.. in, myt jmind. ■ Notwithstanding that a -spectfes of feVbr Ms abroad! I hadnot lately, looked-into the obifti(aries astbey appear in the public joumaiß. I iCodld ; hof BSfy r %hether ;oiir XiripebtbbJ^Sf iNffitoncfes hadiriadbhtoexit,' or if that hadrfot : taken place.'then I-'Pbficluded thuat someseriOui !accident,had befallpnhis iiassd . projection#* itbat-his'olfactories,must have .beep so mhlh ■impaired, as his u*ual promptness in “ smelling ■a ret ” seems to have departed. The stench '.arising behind the aforesaid premises, tbifoly jmind, wotlldbe suffitSeht to prodube-a jhumube leVett'by alookaVit; afcdinthe lotoKtyisltf |sufferable| 'and, Bave : a;nd except medical enteredinto tto'produce - a generator bt di-ease.'aaid pave I offered a prembnh for ■ its adeomplishmetttVL •cannot account for it on any other :lam,,‘&c.. ' r '"X r Dunbdm,dapuiry 27.. ; d '* ‘

f THE, VOLUNTEERS. i . Sib,~-I ainusbd j'bi readiim ym»i» paper of la t ‘ tyemng, pivihe ah account of; tun Burns Anhiyeraary, that' Captaih AndilhwVjk •lowing Stoi^ent';—ThMu : TOe'vwimrera got a little,more ehooutogement'they would be found p grpat dedbnpre efioient. - ■ i Npw, Sir,;* would like to adc Captain An. drew.what more jencouraeemeht hj&. neßlrap toeVoiunteer.;,, heiGoyMM- ( m, the : extreme,;. mdtod for, shfmtyas thepi.aybly pborrekum given. I; ani nbt awa^e.ai'.'to' yhat tof .A company CaptauuApdreW has a much quretibh if he _has ‘the pimxbernf m.en; t-> callit a.(Coi|apanyv C'ptiin in command ; but tips I know, timAt pjmpdmj 'tiife whole''p r.mb wornAiiot :b'8 J, a fai^b-bptopiny;' Bel any 1 the ihontli y 6i' of thfe'lAjrtdleity^j, l oi (-ixtebn Invn with'’ ii' b&pthin' 'ifti® lieutenant. - Yes, fib, - !n’to , -d money it should, to a large extent, be stopped. The force ten; years ago was better officered, bettor Prilled, and better discipline mainta*ned than now, and at less than half the expense of the ent force. I hope that Captain And&# us as to. what more encouragement he required, and in cioing so will be answered by yours, &c., , "■ ! - | Dunedin, January Tt. .. ~