AMERICAN v NEW ZEALAND TIMBERS.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2036, 2 September 1880, Page 3

AMERICAN v NEW ZEALAND TIMBERS.

TO THE EDITOB OF THB PBES9. Sib, —I regret very much the spirit displayed by Mr Howland in his recent letters. Ae one interested in our native woods, I should liko to hear his objections to the use of manuka for spokes clearly stated. We have had most undeniable evidence borne by Messrs Wagstaff, Moor, and others, as to its suitableness for that purpose, and it seems to me that before Mr Howland can claim to be an expert and still condemn thi& wood, he must disprove the statements made by those gentlemen. Until he does so, the only conclusion to be arrived at is that Mr Howland is not an expert as regards New Zealand timbers. I am, Sea., W. Sidhbt Smith. September lit. TO THE EDITOB OF THE PBESB. Sib, —I am sorry to be obliged to trouble .you again re Mr flowiund's letter in your

i paper this morning. Mr Howland says in bis 5 letter he was my employer. Now -when I I worked in the factory he mentions I was in i the employ of Mr Lee Cole, and not Mr Howland, and that was more than twelve , years ago. The fact that I worked journey- . man for that gentleman or anyone else is i nothing that I feel ashamed of, for the position I now hold is owing to my own perseverance and industry, jl must now decline i to have any further correspondence on this matter, as Mr Howland feels so keenly that he does not appear to be able to write as a gentleman should do. Yours, &.0., W. Moob. Victoria street, Ohristchurch, September Ist, 1880. [ TO THE EDITOR OP THB PRESS Sib,—l have to-day read Mr Howland's ' letter, in which he seems to think that 1 " Landau's" idea in writing was to rush in, , knock him down, and injure him. I intended nothing personal whatever in my letter, as * far as Mr Howland is concerned, nor was it T intended to hold up Mr Moor as a paragon ' against him. My simple idea was to suggest , that if New Zealand woods were found, equal f to imported ones, whether American or otherwise, that Mr Howland, as a member of the a committee of the Industrial Association, ? would be more consistent in advancing the A interests of the former. I fail to see that the question of a paid secretary to the Industrial Association has anything to do with that of ' New Zealand and imported woods, and, fc ' therefore, pass this by. Suffice it to say that £, there seems more private feeling in this matter than I was aware of, and as the correspondence is now assuming a decidedly per- ,j sonal tone, Howland v Moor, I shall enter no fc i further into the discussion. . Yours, &0., .' LANDATT. P.S.—lf the establishment of an Industrial Association is to have the effeot of creating ~ ill-foeling between the representatives of the , various trades its objects will bi~ defeated, and it may be safely predicted that the association I will sooner or later collapse. I P