CORRESPONDENCE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 13 December 1890, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

nature they would have to go out and get it elsewhere. But surely when the winter months come round, a roof and a chair v : ill prove mor-- enmJ'orta.'ble than Mir >Vy find, a rn.il '. Who'll gi\-e -.li?. i.lf-s n lif"? Here's a ebouc-'-* i'oi 1 rh- 1 )jt. »no< io | Club u> '• wall/ in," nnf'i hr'p i r < supply n. real want ! — 1 am, tfcc.j Herbert Woodti.ui

We are not responsible for the statements ov opinions of correspondents. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MAXAWATC HKKALD. Sir, — Anyone passing d>wn Main Street of an evening, between the hours of 8 and 10, must have noticed groups of men seated on Mr Houore's doorstep, or gracefully roosting upon the railing in front of the shop, while other gioups may be seen seated on the pavement in front of Stansell's hotel. A few nights ago I even saw soveral well-known individuals chatting sociably while reclining at almost full length upon the gravel in irout of the post office. It occured to in" that if a cottage or other suitable building, with five' places, could be obtained at a low rental, a kind of Working Men's 01 üb, in a modest way, might bo formed. Some poop'e oljeot to these clubs on the ground that they are drinking and gambling dens in disguise, but the men I am referring to are neither gamblers nor drunkards, but good men a'l. I do not propose to start an elaborate club of the usual type, but merely to provide a room or rooms where decent men could meot their chums after the day's work, and enjoy a pipe and a gossip, with an occasional game of crib thrown in. A few chairs and forms, a table, lamps, and son: e illustrated papers, comprise pretty well the whole requisites. If the me ■ wanted refreshment of n nmre liquid