LANDOWNER" AND RIVERSDALE

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 414, 2 December 1884, Page 2

LANDOWNER" AND RIVERSDALE

TO THE EDITOR. SIR, — I most sincerely grieve to think that anything written by me should have hurt the feelings of " Landowner." That gentleman possesses to its fullest extent the privilege conceded even by b.irbarous races to deficient intelligence. I can assure him that I shall ever regret if any action ot mine should change his harmless lunacy into acute mania. But to the point at issue. " Good wine needs no bush," and Waikaia needs no blow. Her position is too well assure:l as an important go'idfiokt and agricultural centre to l)e shaken by the goosequill of "Landower '' or anyone e's\ Kivorsdalo, on tho contrary, require apologetic: tuntment., \V.» Wiitka'ia people are too comp.-K-slonnk) (or this poor litile Hedgiiiitf lowi.Hhipthat Usm ovopt into existence un lor U o Hlmlow of Wnilftih's rosperity, and luw fur n Viifatw if'ch'f nnlyits happy position (W H ImH'vvrty {>t«g« tutlu) older and mow imjuu'tflttt' luftfttUA', Poojilo who havu Ht^vul' boon iheve Wt\f )»voilf hv my oxporliMiuu on a touv ut uivesUiJHttun uudei'lakHii wll.hltl th/> |U\>?t \W^k-. 1 HUtU\\ll.y passootl t)iroii{, f li ihis \Wud«l'llU tyWH.ship i without, mwpwtluji I WH4 n^;\V- U- : fi\s\l\y!H^ I was ffoinjr Mh'oiikli n juwi^i'Oiw 6««k'fttnaV haggard who had ti onu(il0 oh\^':^^: h\\\Uli«»s ally pig.styes. Tho fiitt> of UllS C'W.kv ' flfetle place I found to I »o a qimkiH^ toflg- wiUiQftt the possibility of drninap, ftiul g*.H' ftil I emtld see or learn, tho H\vH«evrt I'aihVHf When completed will cauao 1U rtttoi 1 -(UAm^ftvftfteei A few tons of empty wMrtky llOttles )\\M remain as a monmnunt to shy\V the ftßti* qiiariau that — " Here stood Mlve»MilHle, l *«=» I am, etc., Waikaia, Nov. 2t>, 1881,