Correspondence.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 May 1912, Page 2

Correspondence.

I [Our correspondents' opinions are their own; the responsibility of editorial ones make.s sufficient ballast for tlie editor's shoulders.] i WEKAROA HOTEL REMOVAL. To the Editor. Sir,--It was very amusing to read Mr Walter Ryder's letter in your issue of '27th, hut hi.s bluff won't work any more than the Hrewery Company's A.s his assertion that the new hotel is going to •contain fifty nuns at a cost of .CoOOO, I say that that is all moonshine, and that if such was the the Brewery Company would have said so. They have applied for six rooms apart from those required For the family, and this i.s all we have to go by. As for drawing :\ nice phn on paper, any architect could do that; hut ;' more plan is not goiim to convince mi' uiilesr- I see something more substantially started: and as for a toOOO building, it is all moonshine, -i far there* is not even a cenereto foundation nor a brick wall. li simply shows a poor on'l'iiarv wooden huildiiig, soiiietbing like what we would have oxpectrd fifieen yi-ars ago. So much for that piece of bluff. I happen to have r»eeu the pl'.ms and the most those in the know that the ih-w building is going to cost is C'JOOO: so even if they build according to the planv, -Mr l!v. del' i.s fully tMOOO out in his reckoning. Air Hyder >ays unhvs the hotel is run on first-class style it would not pay on such an expenditure. Mr Ryder's education - in arithmetic must, have been sadly neglected, when he makes such -i wild The interest on L"•">()() at 10 per cent. (Mr Ryder's own ligurci) per annum would lie L'oOf). and as the rent even on the old hotel was Cb'OO per annum, there i<, still a very fine margin at 10 per cent. In addition to thi.s. they will at. least require L'ViUO for a seven yeaiV lease, which is another (.'•"'(Kj per annum, which brings the interest up to 'ID per cent, even is there wa> no more accommodation than there was in the old hotel. Whore are you now, M"r Ryder r . As for your remark that "It is generally admitted that the new site is a better site than the old one." thi.s is all fudge. Jt is neither one end of the tou n nor the other: it is not a stopping place, and naturally must perish. There is ample accommodation in the vicinity, both for hotel and boarding liouv.e accommodation : and il it

was necessary at. any time i'nr more. the Levin Hotel could he enlarged, as well as tlu' other hoarding houses, which aie r:iri'ly ever lillcd. The place where' the accommodation is I'f'l'iircd is ill ilic Railway Station. llu's is recognised liv evcrv fair-

minded man. Ais l(ir .Mr l!yder"> assertion thai

the active opponents are tho>c w lio <iv,-ji sections ill the south em? o! the I think t.hi.< ~,,!,],] | M , ~„!!,. ly itpplied to a c<Tiain writer himself as far as (.lie north is concerned, and if In- «<.iild only look at himself in t lit- looking ,ulasi N he would μ-c one of the very piTSdiis he incut ions. As for his sarcastic remark re wcl-i-iie of the children. He. I <-inp!i:ttic:illy say thai, it i> the houndi-n <luty of e\-cry la I her and mother in tlii.-. district to protot against the yraiitinu: "I' this license so near tin , P"l.lic school, n<, niatier what .Mr I'yd.'i- may think. Mi.s other remark, that we should not ol.j-rt lo rinsing (lie hotel, if j| i> S() h ;1( |. | s ~, the leist of it. VlM . v , u , ;|| ._ •Mr liyder should Illlilerstillld thai there ~,.,. nn!ii;'!ons things that are 11,11 'it t'"i- children to see nor hear, tliouuh they may play ; , useful pjn-fc loi , m-own-np people. I u-,,,,1,1 ];].,. l'i roiniiul Mr Ryder thai ho was one "I" the itnmircsi o|)|)onen(s tti the f'Tination <( f tlii«i horou.uh. and a.s !i : « loiiio was wroTi'j; til at time, it is quite possihle ho is- wrono; ;, si in,. -

1 "lll'.s'. ftc. PATKR R\M[LIAS Levin, May 27th. ]f)]2.

WERAROA HOTEL L'ICEX.STv \ reply to mr kydkh. ' (To tlio Kditor). ■Sir,—-.Mr W. Uyder writes eniiipbi'iiing of incorrect .statements | J( - iny; made in reference to this burning question, and one of the statements that lie surest* is fake is Unit Ihe new hotel is to comprise six public rooni.s. Mj- Kydcr tolls us that it will comprise iifty roonus. Does Mr Ryder deny the fact thai .Messrs Staples ami Company have made the application for a house comprising six public rooms: does Mr Ryder know that had the application been made for a house of Jifiv rooms, that the house would have to contain no less; than lifty room.-: does Mr Ryder know that if a license is granted for a house of six rooim* that Messrs Staples, and Company lire not compelled to add another room to the building nnles.s it suits their convenience to do m)Y If lie is not aware of these facts, he should endeavour to gain a little knowledge of the subject before he rushes into print and talks about plans for a building to cost CoUOO! The Licensing liench do not grant a license on architects plans or promises; they have to deal with the application as it is made. The active opponents to the change comprise over MO residents of Levin. Imt the petitioners are not downhearted because Mr Ryder and a few more want an hotel alongside of the school. Mr IJvder has lived for over twenty years in Levin, with the result that his viWs are limited to a parochial standard, f<) that no one would expect him to raise any objection to tlie removal of this license so long that it did not Are your lungs worth one and sixpence? Then why not get a bottle of Remington's Liquorice Cough Cure instead of coughing all day? It is made to cure, and it does cure. That is ivhy it has such an enorruons sale. Try it. Bottles, Is 6d and 2s 6d. V. 0. RotnhpVn "li: m-st.

interfere with- his own personal or private property. We ail> not all built tins-way; the welfarf of children must ijo considered »Jby some, people, even if they are lijnitod to tho number of sonic 300. When Mr Ryder inspects the petition against this removal he will lie- astonished to lind such a strong opposition from the north end of the borough, from people wlio resent moist strongly the application to inflict the town with an hotel alongside of the grounds of our :■]-Mrcii. The )•••■,•,p],. ~f f,],,. i-outli ■«■:•! ;:|s-i li:u :■ just as milch consideration for the children and show it in no uneertaiii manner.—

Yours. etc.. AX 015.1 ECTOR

AN AMAZINd SKIJMON. To tho Editor. •^i' , . "' l!t .iiti.'sli^u , . , ; i ::ppc:iis to lie the prevailing attitude of some preachers in New Zealand who desire t-i ,>-:a:n publicity, and as there are two sm!:>.-. ( () every question I would ask you to pullsh the following uncompromising remarks made hy the Anglican Vicar of (iorleston (Kngland). Refeiriug in the cour.se of his.serinon to the Licensing (KngHsli) IJMI. !•■• Miiii:- Vhv'-,: was horn i ,l ■'' ! ! ''•!.;• house, and h:i ( | nuule hi.s lionie foi- ,i time on ,viu; we should call l::cn-(d riciiiis•>•. Representatives of modern Pharisaism in the IJoiit i-.f dmmons in nb -dieilce to orders i":'.: 11 religious cmuLs, proposed !:.-) plunder ;i legitimate branch :>f Knglish indi:.siry. Very few men nvro dnii-k;;rds, but he had known women ruined by dies, and lie had known div-s lc;:d many a girl to

''"in- -II <!i • ;:iuhl the "■■■■•''l* li ,, <t'i- vicar) vW.U\\ twenty I'iMic Imns.f..;, :1 !!(| ] u - did nut lind ;i m'ii.uli' cr.so of <!rniiki>nui:-.s or disorder. One of the l)i<_ r Ki\st drinking places in tJ k> world "■as tin- National Liber;..] Cluli (l.oudon) and i( was the hr:;:!i|'i.!- '- ;■■, ,)f im ; <]| \\ ] ut would 'I - ::t I .■',!:..• h.-sv,:.. AV:.s t'i In- governed ny ]i;nn^tv "f liy|iocrisy. manliness or religions li.vstcriii •- 11,. w:\si told that. snnit« ■if the ls>h)i|K v!i|)|i!)rlcd the Lieeii--iiiL': Mill, hut '•in.ire liniii :i f,. u - of nnr Iliyliops an> jxilitical .johnifistcr.s.'" llk-c IJi.lhi-K. , J , nur,;., would not iiavc I).-.ii s'.iii j|t i| n . nun ri.-iyc in ( ':iii-'i! The Cliiiivh would not ;icr"i;( '" ■ fi(fin i!m> Mouse of ConiMMiii.-.. :uif| the XoiL-onForniist C'oiiscii'iice wns 11,-it ixcino to be set "l> '" [] -' r i'l;-" , -'1' Dii-i-t. who would ""t have 1, r:i ;,-,. ~!(.'! |', n - ,]„. _\ ()|1 . cmiforniisi; ministry to-day Ixranso I" , »■;., ii- I :, l,. ! { l ,t:!ll<M-. TJic only "•"• '"'• l |i; ' !' ; i!. »!ic!;n-r| Ihe pivacli". < % r. m-;is to net il b> inii.-,ic and send »< '■"••nd Hi" I'l-i-vin-... si. ~ ~,,m i c "l>"i - a. li'" ii!.-<di-n. - risioii of the "Kortv Tliieres.- - .\ ,„.,„ |~1 (| ~ 1 , " , ' 1 ' ,, '' 1 '■'■vlii to drink u|| M t 1,,. '"1. ;'!id ln> n>i;Ned to (-.mpromise ,vit '' l!| " I'Sf.-l'-i.--:-.-, in-niiHtin.r tinMill. ■■

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