CORRESPONDENCE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 November 1911, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

,T-4 [Our correspondents' opiniane are their own; the responsibility of editorial ones makes sufficient ballast for the editor's shoulders.] WANT OF DISCRETION. To the EditorSir, —I was at Mr Byron Browns Otaki meeting on Thursday night last, and was much surprised at MiBrown's want of discretion (to put it mildly), in making use of the words he did, in reply to a question in reference to the (suggested) promotion of Constables Satherley to Polico Inspector in recognition of his having saved Mr Brown's shop from a daring burglary. Tho question in itself was frivolous, and did not come within the domain of politics, but Mr Brown, with his usual •alertness, might easily have passed lit off. He said, however, that he would be in favour of promoting Constable Satherley to CommissionI er of Police, and also "Inspector of ! Fallen "Women." Now, sir, I take this as a direct insult to Constable Satherley (who, being n, public servant, can mako no rejoiner to such an aspersion.) It is also an insult to the feminine sex in general, and shows clearly what amount of respect Mr Byron Brown had for the feelings of the women at his meeting. Should any of the women present at his meeting vote for Mr Brown on December 7; then I think the age of feminine modesty is past. In conclusion, I may state that Constablo Satherley is highly respected in Otaki. carries out his duties in a manly .and efficient 'manner, and has done nothing to deserve this insult from Mr Brown. Thanking yon in anticipation.--Yours, etc., ELECTOR. i "MR BYRON BROWN'S BURBLING." To the Editor Sir, — J see by your paper that "B.B." is still harping on the same old apwm-etring about a Civil Service Board. In the occasional intervals which occur in his long tirades against the peccadillos of— very remotely possibly—-his predecessore in office, and in his rapturous panegryic on what a fine fellow he is personally, he has a few w?llworn and wormy planks which' he calls his platform. God help him if he ever tries to stand on it! Ho is wiser than lie is prepared to admit in clinging , to tih'c balloon formed by the gas of his frofhy eloquence. The Civil Service Board is one of those rotten planks. He means, of course, that a number of inoormptihlo and saint-like gentlemen will he s-Tinit up in seomo sort- of a. compound somewhere, where they will be guarded, from would-be bnttonholers by a cordon of equally incorruptible policemen: TTiero tihoy will mnko nil appointments to the' Civil Service without consideration of political colour. These gentlemen would, of course, have no relations or friends of their own. To an ordinary sane man the gijyfc of the matter seems to he this: When ron or T or Bill Smith or Jack •Tones wants to get n son or a daughter into the Civil Service they ennnot thfin set there hy passing the Civil Service examination with ■credit. Or if one of us wants to get promotion for himself in the same service, it will be useless to go to member for our district who knows what we are good for: but we must trust our ease to iho board n.nrl bo boat-on bv somo Wellington fellow whose fither or mother or ■aunt plays howls o.r bridge with members oF the board. "R R. ,, prohibit figures it, m,t like this: 'T shall soon bp in Parliament. T shall then proceed to till- all the other members to death m tho shortest, nossiblo time. ''A new libel law will be a fond subiPcO. T shall then hav r> froo hand. T "jiinll tTien imnrvliaioly nnnoint r> CKvfl- Service Board. Tin's ftrvml be.inrr oven n.> the work of mv hnn'l« in-'T. in truth, mv von- orood bnv<; nnnoint finv or nil nf mv ™nsH to tho Civil Service.--Ynnr«, etc.. OVTC WHO TTAS HAT) "RTPTT?. PERTTCNOE OF BOARDS ANT) PLANKS TOO.

"WHY WORRY?" To the Editor. Sir,—Calm, cool, serene Mr Easther, mature in wisdom, wise in judgment, who with, iliis boon companions peer into the future ana fortcll with accuracy the judgment of the people on December 7th ; who see their chosen leader with flying colours running neck and neck with the sitting member! Why worry about Byron Brown? You give him. last place—why worry? You /this slating over niy small effort to correct a mischievous and misleading rumb-ur? Let me resuscitate the matter! Copy of telegram to W. Jr. Massey, Esq.: " Reported in Levin that in event of second ballot between Government candidate and Byron Brown that official Opposition support will be given Government candidate. Is this correct?" Reply— "F. E. Parker, Levin.—Absolutely incorrect.—W. F. Massey/, Where is the "pill" that Mr C. B. Easther and "Oppositionist" find •so bitter to the palate? Where is the "fiery haste" described by u> y sedate friend? I know nothing about Mr Easther and his friends' arrangements regarding the second ballot—they are welcome to their opinion; meanwhile I keep mine. But I do know that the rumour reported in my telegram to Mr Massey was being circulated around Levin. Where it originated from I don't know. I can guess—so can our readers. Now Mr Easther: Don't worry about Byron Brown—you say ho has no chance (and "you 5, ought to know). Why worry??— Yours, etc. F. E. PARKER. November 27, 1911.