CUTTING IT FINE.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 25 May 1916, Page 3

CUTTING IT FINE.

TO THE EDITOR,

Sir, —By your kind permission and the use of your columns, I would like to reply to Mr Field's letter of May 4th. It is no news to me re a Chairman's powers between meetings of local bodies, At the same time, these are not boundless. A Board is not compelled to continually confirm business it does not approve of. I also wish .to thank him for his kindly and straight-forward manner in dealing with the so-called surmise of my first letter, which brought down the vengeance of " big game " (save the name), who, if left alone a little will perform the operation of cutting his own comb.—l am, etc.,

RATEHAYER.

THE DAM.

TO THE EDITOR

SIR,—In reply to Mr McLeod.—How very kind of him to enlighten me after I have, according to him, proved my ignorance. He says that in the summer months not a drop of surface-water flows into the dam, except in case of heavy rain, It Freminds one of the tenant who said to his landlord "It rains into the house." The landlord in turn came round to investigate and on a fine day at that, and asked " Where does it rain in ?"

" Oh," said the tenant, "it does not rain in now, it only rains in when it rains." Again, re filter beds, the " darlint " how sweetly innocent he is of his ignorance, I and any other person who has only a very vague idea of filter beds, must conclude that he has nevar seen either filter beds or a description of them, If he knew anything of the matter he might have tried something better /than to imply an untruth, which is worse than falsehood (his pet word), which he does when he says I could not see them through ten feet of water. I frankly admit that there are times when one could not see anything through less than ten inches of it. I need only to say that according to Mr Willson's letter, no attempt was made in that direction. Mr McLeod in an earlier letter also stated that I commented on statements re his actions on the Board as if they were Gospel truths. It is a good thing to know he recognises there is suoh a thing. —I am, etc.,

Ratepayer,

'HOT SPRINGS" NOT DEAD, TO THE EDITOR

SIR, —In your paper- of May 18th appeared a letter from Mr Field, in wliich he states that " Hot .Springs " is d.cad, but out of the ashes had sprung Mr James McLeod. I can tel} Mr Field that " Hot Springs" is, much alive. If the statement were true, J have done some good by producing a live public man, I oan assure Mr Field that his ashes would not produce a live mouse at the rate he has been going while Chair-, man qf the Domain Board.—-I am, eto,,

If QT SWINGS.

[Several other letters have arrived, but qwing to a crush of importance, will have \q take a, haqk sea.t tiU ne^t issqe.—El*.}