"REPLY TO "RATEPAYER."

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 27 April 1916, Page 3

"REPLY TO "RATEPAYER."

SIR, —"Ratepayer " in his desire to bje offensive, takes as his text tffgjsurmise jffik-irrhatQ J ij^tp "Mr McLeod clicfthe greater p'arib of the worl Ms'"ac'tibns"confirmed':"* 'But^Mr McLeofl did not act in this manner, and because .he was ; blamed'',fpie. nbjtr'doing certam things^ ; did not warra'nfcithe assumption!' "Ratepayer "also'visited the dam, "AM. the-first: thftig:'l!l6oke;d;foir was the filter! ing beds,',' says ; h'e. <:Ho;w clever, Pity he .did not tell ,us where, he looked. The' filtering beds need only, |'be an addition to the system, aiid can'be added at anj^ time, when'thWfinances^arrant it. It; ■ is: better to-have; waterVarid no filtering" ibeds^.than filtering beds and no wateiri It appears me that " Ratepayer "is .•lookingvforTibmiriatioh^t next election^ and if mud-throwing is a necessary char|icteristrcri think he wp.. make a firstscl^ss^eniber^^^m, etif^'k. -'1 ~ .. vv ...: „..,- ,=„ ...'/• Wilson.;;: ' "'t" fj/