Correspondence.

Hastings Standard, Issue 73, 21 July 1896, Page 2

Correspondence.

[We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of correspondents.] A CHANGE NEEDED. [To the Editor.] Sir, —It will take an awful amount of writing to make a blind man see through anything, and as most of the Hastings people are blind with indifference, it is not likely that a change will be effected without a deal more hammering. You were evidently writing " sarcastic " when you stated it might not suit the secretary of the Jockey Club to have the headquarters where they decidedly ought to be. Why, Mr Luckie should be one of the first to advocate a change, seeing that he is a resident of Hastings and is compelled to visit Napier in his official capacity at times when he would prefer staying here. There is something unfathomable about the action of the committee in flying against the wishes of the majority of their patrons ; but as Hastings residents are not alive to their own interests it is not all likely that the Napier people will take the initiative in the affair. When you hear of any member of the committee moving that justice be done to this community please let your readers know, as there are at least a few spirited people who have the courage to demand their rights.—l am, &c., Napoleon. Hastings, July 20, 1896. PROHIBITION. [To the Editor.] Sir, Your correspondent John liosking has grown so weak in his argument that when his column and a [.half is boiled down I fail to find anything worth answering. If he were to read other than rabid prohibition papers, and take up a medical journal like the Lancet he might find that celebrated medical men find in alcohol a food as well as a stimulant. I suppose the worthy doctor knows of persons who find in tobacco a pleasant solace from the cares of the world, and I doubt whether John Hosking will decry the weed because it is a poison. Some people find pleasure in alcoholic beverages just as others find it in the pipe. Why does not the writer attack tobacco on the very grounds on which he raves over the question at issue.— I am, &c., No Lover of Shams. Hastings, July 20, 1896.