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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2105, 3 February 1908, Page 4

[Corrosporulcneo on public maltors is welcomed at nil times, but it must tie distinctly uiulorstood that this journal is in no way associated with the opinions of its correspondents.] ‘•WIIAT DRINK IS DOING IN POVERTY BAY.” [To tub Editor.] Sir,—There was never for the last 10 years less drunkenness in .Poverty ltay in comparison with the increased inundation than there is atpresent. Yet someone sinning himsoll ‘‘C.LV’ is constantly writing to your paper iii reference to drink. In your issue of last. Saturday this individual is black-balling the district and its inhabitants in reference to the above subject. It is .in no way astonishing that our reputation should Bull or when one who may not havo been twelve months in the district is constantly running down the reputation of .its inhabitants without being called to order. This, I am told ,is an individual who preaches in some churches on Sundays and runs down his neighbors in this manner on week days. It is in no way surprising that sobor and temperate people should iilid iaUlt, I'm- it is this continuous running down of the district -that prevents many outsiders from coming to live :uHoliest us, «ukl lu'ops back tlio piogross of our district. —-j^ FN ” Gisborne, Bob. lEARRING PROSPECTS. (To the Editor.) Sir —It '.appeared to me on reading your article in this morning s issue/ headed -‘Farming Prospects, that the gentlemen whom your reporter interviewed struck a more doleful note than the circumstances warrant. Whilst it _is true that m Gisborne we are having a much duei summer than usual, it- is equally tine that in many purls of the back country fair rains have been enjoyed, and ns* a result, in those parts there is abundance of feed. There has been a sharp fall in wool and pelt prices compared with the last two or tlueo years, and it is this fact rather than the reported drought winch is niiluonciug stock prices. 'To those who have 'based their calculations on wool prices averaged over a term of veins, present London figures are not tinged with despondency, and Jt seems almost certain that the improvement in financial matters which has already commenced, will tend to restore wool values Reference to our stock report will show that .last Thursday wo sold practically all the sheep m hand at fair prices, besides making private sales. Very largo lines have gone to Waikato and the Bav of Plenty, and it must not be forgotten that tho Kanaekanae and To Aral settlements will require stock within the next few months. It is no part of my policy to inflate values; what 1 do deprecate is the stireading of a deeper feeling of alarm than is warranted by alf the surrounding circumstances. Confidence is the most important factor in the upholding of the world’s trade; the want of it, without due reason, loads to runs on banks and dislocation of trade, which takes rears to rebuild. A careful review of tlio present position will reveal much to bo thankful for, and do much to dispel the dismal note that so many people are voicing.—l am, etc., 1 ! JNO. W. BRIGHT. Gisborne, Fob. 1.