CORRESPONDENCE.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1917, 16 April 1880, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

To the hditor of the Globe. SlB, —I and many of my townsmen feel grateful to you for calling the at tention of the Council to tho fact of their again using shingle on our streets instead of broken metal. I remember about two yearß ago, on perusing the " Globe," I four.d in the City Council's report a motion carried to tho effect that no gravel should be used on tho Btreets, except to make the foundation of any ijjw street that ahould afterwards be formed. Through the "Globe" I always see the City Council reported, but have never noticed that motion I speak of as having been rescinded. Surely the Council muit be acting illegally, and if so ought to be called to task for their action in this mstter. I hold tho use of shingle is penny wiao and pound foolish. You may see in summer when the weather is dry on a long drought, a whole host of the Corporation's men picking up large boulders off tho streets that have been kicked out of their places by the horses, because shingle never will bind, not even in wet weather. And still, in the face of the resolution fiat I speak of above, the Council have consented to order a large quantity of gravel. I am pleased, Mr Editor, that you give honor where honor is duo. Councillors King and Hulbert certainly deserve not only the thanks of their constituents, but the thanks of the community at large for their persistence in advocating the putting of Latimer square into something like decent order. As matters stand I am. afraid its condition in winter will be even worse than you have painted it, gloomy though that picture be. Councillors Ayers and Cuff, I suppose, will not be forgotten at tho next election if they come forward seeking the honor of being returned to the Mayoral chair, or even a seat at the lower end of the Council table, they two being the only opposition to the proposal that the square should be made useful and pleasant to look at. In conclusion, I may say that his Worship the Mayor, Mr Ick, has the heartfelt thanks of the East-enders for tho munificent present he has offered them in assisting to erect the much-needed clock in Litimor square. Yours, &o, A WEST-ENDER. VOLUNTEERING. To the Editor of the Globe. SlB, —I should like every volunteer who has not done so to read the " New Zealand Volunteer Service Gazette," and soe what our comrades south thinks of us, or I should say our commander, and of that production " The Sham Fight Programme." How disgusted every volunteer must be whou ho reads it. How much longer is this to last ? Are we always to be a reproach to our neighbors ? We deeply sympathise with our visitors from north and sou'h, especially the former, crowded on deck for so many hours. To use the wordß of one of the Blue Jackets—" The sham fight was not worth one quarter of an hour's sea sickness." I, with many others, trust that before long the Government will appoint a commander who will gain our confidence. Look at tho mismanagement at Nelson and at our Eaater Review, Look at our inspection parades, at any and everything connected with military drill, and say If its not a farce from beginning to end. It's true the country does not pay much for their volunteers, but for what little they do pay they have a right to demand that their volunteers shall be property instructed. Yours, &o, RAMROD. Christchurch, April 15th, 1830.