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Kumara Times, Issue 286, 4 September 1877, Page 3

' I [TO THE EDITOR.]

Bni—Permit me through the. medium . «{ your columns to draw the attention of the public, more especially those residing at DUhnan’s and larrikins, to a remark made by a member of the Arahura Rirad Board last meeting, to the effect that the ■ inhabitants of were averse to flaring a road constructed to Honiara... Now, Sir, I am perfectly at a loss to know where the member in. question got ilia information from, certainly not from the inhabitants of ■ Dillmah’s Town, as they are to my certain knowledge very anxious to have a road constructed as soon as possible, and this Is no new idea but afart,. that the public in general, and the Road Board in particular, are perfectly well aware of, as petitions have pr6ri& Ifc appears to me that the Road Board are trying' in every way to thw»rt and retard the progress of this flourishing; suburb; Ifcis useless to deny it, for as the old proverb says, “ Actions speak louder than words.* For instance, look at the, dlagnetful State the track from Seddqnstreet is in—not fit for'a pack horse to travel on. much less passengers on a dark night. Again, is it not plain to see that when the JBoard. send a surveyor to take a flying survey he picks the most unlikely routes) thus fulfilling, like a good and faithful servant, the secret prayer of his employers. Why not widen the present track to twelve feet, and thus avoid all interference with the diggings. There are plenty of worse reads not further, off than the ZigZag, but very few more needed. Hoping I have'not intruded too much on. your valuable.space, l am, &c., J.D.T. V [TO THE EDITOR.] Si*—We notice ,in yonr report of the case of. the bank robbery that it is made to appear that Mr Hawkins was not engaged for the defence. Such is not the case; As Mr Hawkins was communicated with immediately upon his arrival on Wednesday last by myself and others, who felt that it was highly desirable that the yOung man), charged with so serious a cr inf6. ■h°u[d not go undefended, we havmg been informed that he.was without means ' to'engage counsel, acid it was at the.earnest derive of ourselves that Mr Hawkins undertook to watch the case for the priioner. He has many friends here who ifeel that ,he has been placed in a wrong position, which has resulted in disaster to himself.—Tours, &c., . Edwd. Ancher and Others, [The mistake referred to was rectified in Friday’s issue.— Ed. K.T.]