CORRESPONDENCE.

King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 82, 15 May 1908, Page 5

CORRESPONDENCE.

The columns of this paper are always open to settlers to give publicity to their requirements and grievances, but in the case of a reflection, on a Governmer.t"cff.c«/_it should be remembered that such —efficials the privilege of reply. As lons as correspondence is confined to criticising 'he system, we shall be pleaded ?■"> publish it; when the criticism extends \o the officer, in the interests of -"airplay, we must decline.—lbid. K.C.Ci TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—Kindly allow me a little space in your valuable paper, in which to air some of the grievances the backblocks have to put up with. Last week we had four Government officers travelling about this district for three days, accompanied by a Maori packer, with riding-horse and pack-horse. 1 understand the Maori was ccok and general rouseabout for the officials. The only man I saw working in the district was a foreman, and he was shifting slips. Now, sir, we hear a lot about the amount of money we are going to get for our roads, but I would think, if the money those officials receive in travelling allowance and miscellaneous expenses, was spent in filling up the bog-holes in some of our so-called roads, it would be a greater benefit to the settlers than the sight of officials riding round the district eating up whatever little money we have for road maintenance. —I am, etc., A SETTLER.