A.E.L. AND “SETTLER.”

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 359, 1 May 1908, Page 3

A.E.L. AND “SETTLER.”

(to the editor.) Sir, —A. E. Langley has no land at Pirongia and none at Oparau, and does therefore not avoid any taxes. •‘Settler” does not understand A.E.L. He did not lead inyone to understand that any of us hard strugglers were exploiting the Dominion. He said that those who dummied sections, by using the names of relations, or who calculated the ballot system a safe gamble, as the stakes are not paid unless a score is made, were as a class parasites and so they are. We want working settlers, not loafing schemers who want to make a rise out of the Empirebuilders of this Dominion. I have known A.E.L. a long time and he has spent as much money as anyone bere in this district, and has always been too willing to help hard-up pioneers. I trust “Settler” may understand my meaning, a mistake in the road engi Deer report, who was evidently pushed for evidence, is what I make out of I am not likely to let such a chance Blip. I asked A.E.L. what he took the settlers for, and his explanation is as depicted, no slur was cast on us. None Was intended. It is only a misunderstanding. We all kn< w the Govern ment have bad us bailed up in the mud •very winter, so we must unite for our mutual benefit. A.E.L. is all right, and it is a pity there were not more like him bere.—Yours, etc., INDIGNANT SETTLER.