CORRESPONDENCE.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 431, 17 January 1912, Page 5

CORRESPONDENCE.

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To the Editor. Sir, —I wish to draw you attention to the manner which those responsible are treating the Territorials in this settlement. They were all served with notices to parade at the schoolhouse, Tangitu, at 7 p.m. on January 15th. In the first place there is no schoolhouse with the name of Tangitu; secondly, the boys all turned up at Tangitu and waited until 9 p.m., and no one arrived to meet rhem. Now, sir, I consider this is a scandalous affair to fetch boys from a distance, some having over eght miles to walk over roads such as we have and to have to walk home in the dark for nothing. I would also like to know who it was that made arrangements when they were dragged out to Waimiha to be medically examined, had to stay there at night, where there is scant accommodation, sleep anywhere they could crawl into, and walk home again, some sixteen miles up to their knees in mud the next Now, I conisder if this is the treatment that is to be meted out to our rising generation, the sooner the backblocks are cut out of military training, the better, or put someone in charge who understands local conditions and avoid all this bungling.— I am, etc., TRUTH. To the Editor. Sir,—After attending the meeting in the Town Hall last evening and hearing the discussion on the lighting proposal, I must advise the ratepayers to look to and trim their lamps if they do not wish tu be left in the dark with a large rate to pay for an electric light system. We have before us a universal petrol system which will produce gas for lighting and cooking in advance of any other in the world, and of which all leading authorities will admit is the cheapest. The report furnished to the Council by Niven and Co., bears out the above statements, which no person in this town has yet proved incorrect. It is now the duty of all ratepayers to roll up and vote against the elcetric light proposal tomorrow, vote for some system for the masses, and not for a few shopkeepers in the main street. —I am, etc., SEARCHLIGHT.